Hyderabad, February 03: It took a little over nine hours for investigators to arrest the Nepali office boy who fled away with Rs. 20 lakh from his workplace on Tuesday. The accused was caught with help of CCTVs installed in the office. All the stolen cash, except for Rs.1,000 has been recovered.
The theft, which took place in Mumbai-based Sanjay Chemicals India Pvt Ltd, on PG Road at Secunderabad was reported at 10 a.m. Police went through CCTV recordings and found the office boy, 21-yearold Thakur Santosh Bahadur, entered the office around 8.53 a.m and took away cash from the drawer.
“Ramgopalpet police formed six teams which went to the Shamshabad airport, railway stations at Nampally, Secunderabad, Kacheguda and Jubilee and Imlibun bus stations to nab the accused. Each team was given a staff member of the company for easy identificat ion,’’ Central Zone deputy commisssioner of police Akun Sabharwal said on Wednesday.
Constable, S Ravi Kumar who was sent to Nampally railway station stumbled upon Santosh, who was planning to board the Dakshin Express to flee to Delhi at 7 p.m. He had purchased a ticket for Delhi with the stolen amount. “I and a staff member of the company were searching for Santosh when he saw the former and started to run. I managed to nab him after a chase,’’ Ravi Kumar told reporters.
After stealing the cash, Santosh went to Monda market and purchased a bag to carry the cash. “He was a first-time offender. The cash was brought from the company’s head office a day before the theft. It was Santosh who brought the cash from the vehicle and kept in the drawer,’’ police said.
Additional commissioner of police (Coordination) AR Anuradha said the installation of CCTV cameras made their job easy. “All establishments which make huge transactions should install surveillance cameras.
They should not only be installed in the premises but also overlooking the street. It makes it easy for us to catch offenders,” she said. The director of the chemical company, Manoj Parmar handed over a cash reward of `25,000 to Ravi Kumar.
–Agencies