TAKES Man arrested for embezzlement after 3 years

New Delhi: A 38-year-old man was arrested three years after he along with his colleague allegedly misappropriated `49 lakh from a company here and later his family lodged a false complaint of abduction against the employer to save him from legal action, the police said on Saturday. Accused Lokesh Sharma, who joined the private company as a cashier in 2016, was apprehended from ISBT Kashmiri gate here, they added. The police said that on his disclosure, his accomplice Sukhwinder Singh, (30), a resident of Model Town, was also arrested in the case. Rajan Gupta, accounts manager of Krish Automotors Pvt. Ltd. Pitampura, in his complaint had alleged that Lokesh Sharma and Sukhwinder Sharma were employed as cashiers in their firm since 2016, and in 2018, during audit, it was found that `49 lakh was misappropriated from the company accounts by them, the police said. Based on the complaint, a case was registered in 2018 against the employees at Mangolpuri police station and during the course of investigation, the evidence gathered pointed towards misappropriation of a large sum of money by the duo, a senior police officer said. Police said that the accused, Lokesh, however, had also written a suicide note against the complainant company for alleged harassment and left his home without informing anyone. Later, a case was registered against the company for abduction at Burari police station on the complaint of his family members. Both Lokesh and Sukhwinder were absconding from their respective houses since 2018, they said. During interrogation Lokesh disclosed that with the misappropriated money, he cleared his debt and kept the rest of the amount with him. The coaccused Sukhwinder, who was arrested in the case on Friday, during questioning disclosed that he had purchased a flat in Uttam Nagar with the proceeds from the misappropriated amount, the police said.