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An worker of a golden jewellery store successful Elephant Gate who allegedly went connected the tally with ₹65 lakh currency has been arrested on with his accomplice.
The constabulary said Nikhalchand Jain, 51, of Perambur Barracks Road, runs a golden and metallic jewellery store connected NSC Bose Road. On May 6, helium allegedly instructed his worker Naveen, who was moving successful the store for astir 4 years, to cod 26 kg of metallic bars from his brother-in-law and manus them implicit to a idiosyncratic named Dileep astatine Mint Street, and past cod ₹65 lakh successful return.
According to the complaint, Naveen collected the metallic bars, handed them to Dileep, received ₹65 lakh cash, and switched disconnected his mobile telephone and went connected the tally with the money.
Based connected a ailment lodged by Nikhalchand Jain, Elephant Gate Police Station Crime Wing launched an investigation. The constabulary conducted an probe and traced Naveen, 28, and arrested him successful Ooty. The constabulary recovered ₹20,990 and a mobile telephone from him.
During interrogation, the constabulary recovered that Naveen had allegedly conspired with a transperson, Pradeep Kumar alias Prarthana, whom helium had precocious befriended. Naveen allegedly handed implicit ₹63 lakh to Prarthana successful Chennai and took the remaining ₹2 lakh with him to Ooty, wherever helium purchased a caller mobile phone, clothes, and stayed astatine a lodge.
Following this, constabulary arrested Prarthana, 19, from a location successful Moolakothalam. The constabulary recovered ₹53,23,830 belonging to the complainant from the accused.
