Garment trader assaults ex-employee for starting new business, luring customers

“Chaurasia had started his own unit – Namo Traders – three months ago, stitching various garments and selling them wholesale in Dharavi. He used to work with Riyansh Ethnic Wear, owned by Shrivastav, a Dharavi resident, as a manager. As he did not get the salary for several months, he left Shrivastava’s company and formed his own unit,” an officer from Sion police station said

Mumbai: Four persons associated with garment trading were arrested on Monday night for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting their former employee, who purportedly started his business and lured customers from the accused’s shop.

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The accused have been identified as Ajit Shrivastav, Ajit Munalal Shrivastav, Mantu Mishra and Kunal Karande. According to the police, the victim, Nitesh Chaurasia, 29, a resident of PMGP Colony, Dharavi, had started luring his former boss’ customers which was the reason behind the rift.

“Chaurasia had started his own unit – Namo Traders – three months ago, stitching various garments and selling them wholesale in Dharavi. He used to work with Riyansh Ethnic Wear, owned by Shrivastav, a Dharavi resident, as a manager. As he did not get the salary for several months, he left Shrivastava’s company and formed his own unit,” an officer from Sion police station said.

Later, he started luring the customers of Shrivastav, which angered the latter, who then hatched a plan, the officer said, adding, “Shrivastav came to know that Chaurasia was sitting with his friends at New Neelam Restaurant and Bar near Sion railway station on Saturday night. He then pulled Chaurasia out of the bar with the help of Ajit and took him to their garment unit in Dharavi, where Mishra and Karande were present.”

Chaurasia later approached the police and registered a case against the four. “They have been booked under sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 34 (common intention), 365 (kidnapping or abduction with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person) and 403 (dishonest misappropriation of property) of the Indian Penal Code,” Manisha Shirkhe, senior police inspector of Sion police station, said.