Maharashtra crime: Warehouse manager booked after empty sacks worth Rs 25 lakh go missing in Latur

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Maharashtra crime: The Latur Police in Maharashtra have registered a case against the manager of a warehouse after a man from Kolhapur district complained that empty sacks worth more than Rs 25 lakh, which were stored there, went missing, an official said on Tuesday, the PTI reported.

According to the news agency, based on a complaint by a businessman, who hails from Ichalkaranji in Kolhapur and runs the business, a first information report (FIR) was filed against the suspect, who works as the manager of the warehouse, he said.

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"The complainant said he had kept empty sacks worth Rs 40 lakh at the facility located in additional MIDC area of Latur, of which goods worth Rs 25.22 lakh went missing from there. When he questioned the manager about it, he gave evasive reply and said he had no knowledge of it," the police official said, as per the PTI.

The manager also threatened the victim, following which he approached the police, he said.

A case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 408 (criminal breach of trust) was registered against the accused and the MIDC police are investigating the case, according to the PTI.

CA arrested in 'task' fraud in Navi Mumbai

Meanwhile, the Navi Mumbai police have arrested a 35-year-old chartered accountant from Pune for allegedly cheating people of lakhs through "task" fraud, an official said on Tuesday, according to the PTI.

The PTI reported, the police apprehended Akash Umesh Pandey, a chartered accountant with a private firm, from Lohegaon in Pune on November 4 in a case registered against him under section 420 (cheating) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act, senior inspector Gajanan Kadam of the cyber police station said.

The police had received a complaint from a Navi Mumbai resident who allegedly lost Rs 17 lakh after performing various tasks online as instructed by the accused between August 9 and 14, he said.

The police traced the bank account in which the money was deposited and the phone number connected to the transactions. The police froze the bank accounts and zeroed in on the accused in Pune, the official said.

Pandey, along with his associates in Delhi, was involved in four similar offences in Maharashtra and had 21 cyber cases in other states, he said.

The cyber police have frozen Rs 5.9 lakh deposited in different bank accounts operated by the arrested accused, the official said.

(with PTI inputs)