Police have registered a case against four employees of a cash management company for allegedly misappropriating Rs 6.18 lakh while handling ATM collections in Maharashtra`s Thane district, officials said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.

The four accused — a cashier, two security guards and a driver — were tasked with collecting the remaining cash from various bank ATMs and depositing it in the company`s vaults, they said.

On October 13, they collected Rs 70,54,100 from various ATMs but deposited only Rs 64,35,200. The company`s audit revealed a shortage of Rs 6,18,900, following which a senior representative of the cash management firm lodged a complaint against them, the official from Kolsewadi police station said, reported PTI.

The accused allegedly diverted the unaccounted cash for personal use. As part of the probe, the police were verifying the ATM collection records, analysing CCTV footage, and looking into the vehicle movement logs, according to police, reported PTI.

“We have initiated an investigation into the alleged breach of trust. As of now, no arrests have been made, and efforts are on to trace the missing amount and verify the individual roles of the accused,” the official said, reported PTI.

The case has been registered against the accused under Sections 316(4) (criminal breach of trust) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the police added.

FIR against two for cheating investors

In another case, the police have launched a search for two suspected fraudsters accused of defrauding investors of Rs 37.36 lakh by luring them into investing in a transport business with the fake promise of lucrative returns, officials said on Wednesday, reported PTI.

The accused duo, residents of Dombivli in Thane district, allegedly misled investors into believing that they had secured a contract to transport consignments from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and needed funding, a police official said, reported PTI.

“At least five individuals fell prey to the claims of high returns on investments and deposited Rs 37,36,100. They approached the police and lodged an FIR after the accused duo started evading them”, the official added, reported PTI.

A case was registered at Vishnu Nagar police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and a search was launched to trace the duo.

Meanwhile, the police have busted an international “cyber slavery” racket wherein Indian youth were sent to Laos under the pretext of lucrative jobs and forced into cyber fraud operations controlled by Chinese nationals, officials said on Wednesday, reported PTI.

One person has been arrested so far in this connection and the police have registered a case against him and several others, they said.

The racket came to light after the police received information that certain agents based at Mira-Bhayandar in Maharashtra`s Thane district had illegally facilitated the travel of a man, Ismail Ibrahim Syed, to Laos via Thailand. They had promised him a well-paying job at an online call centre, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime), Madan Ballal, said, reported PTI.

(With inputs from PTI)

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