Crime Branch books 3 flour mill employees for embezzlement

Crime Branch (CB) Jammu has booked three employees of Jammu Flour Mills for multi-crore embezzlement by committing criminal breach of trust.

In his complaint to CB, Jammu Flour Mills managing partner Arun Mahajan alleged that three employees—Dikshant Anand (area salesman), Narinder Chopra (billing clerk) and Amit Sharma (accountant) committed serious financial irregularity and embezzlements by resorting to a well-planned criminal conspiracy, fraud and deceit worth Rs 2 to Rs 2.50 crore.

In September 2024, Moti Lal (operations manager) informed Mahajan about suspicious billing activities resorted to by Narinder Chopra. Mahajan then carried out self-audit of the accounts and discovered various fraudulent activities carried out by Dikshant Anand, Narinder Chopra and Amit Sharma by hatching a well-planned criminal conspiracy, an official said.

“Later, Mahajan got a comprehensive audit of the accounts of the flour mill from the Chartered Accountant, which brought out startling revelations. The accused used to divert the NEFT transactions to unrelated parties and for cash transactions they resorted to under-billing and embezzled huge amounts,” the official said.

The accused used to reduce the bill against a firm/party worth Rs 1 lakh to Rs 80,000 and Rs 20,000 was embezzled by the accused. The accused used to manipulate the entries allowing the fraud to go undetected.

“Dikshant created fake parties and sold goods to multiple retailers under fake names. Even book debts from various parties to whom the goods have been supplied by flour mill have been recovered by Dikshant and misappropriated/embezzled by the accused persons. In the audit, it came to fore that payment of the flour mill were transferred by accused persons to bank accounts of their family members, relatives and friends,” the official said.