Five booked for embezzling gold worth Rs 69 lakh in Sriganganagar

Our Correspondent

Sriganganagar, December 8

Embezzlement of Rs 69 lakh in a gold loan firm situated in Sriganganagar has come to the fore.

Rajesh Sindhi, regional manager of the company, has filed a complaint against five persons, including branch manager of the firm, for stealing gold mortgaged by customers and further taking loans by mortgaging the same with other companies.

The accused have been identified as branch manager Saurabh Chhabra, gold appraiser Puneet Rawal, Gulshan Soni, Manish Sharma and Raman Dawra.

The complainant said on November 29, he came to know that gold packets were being stolen from the vault and loan was being raised by mortgaging the same to other companies.

Sindhi said a complete audit of the branch was done on November 30 and December 1. It was found that a total of 1,624.57-gm gold was stolen worth Rs 69.10 lakh.

Sub-Inspector Rohtash Poonia said CCTV footage was being examined and data related to gold mortgaged with other companies was being compiled.

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