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Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 45-year-old man for allegedly running away with Rs 1.5 crore in cash given by his employer to keep in his car.
Rajesh BN, a resident of Vyalikaval in northern Bengaluru, had been working for the last 10 years as a driver for a 46-year-old chartered accountant, residing in Kodandaramapura.
The complainant stated that, on May 5, he handed Rajesh a bag containing Rs 1.51 crore and asked him to keep it in the car, as it had to be deposited in a bank account. However, when he came downstairs to leave for the bank, he could not find either Rajesh or his car.
"I quickly drove to my office address and found my car parked there. When I called Rajesh, he said he was buying medicine at a store and would return in 10 minutes,” the complainant told the police. “However, he didn’t come back and went incommunicado after that,” he added.
After receiving the complaint from the chartered accountant, the police tracked Rajesh and issued a notice. He appeared before the police on May 9 and confessed to the crime. Investigators subsequently took him into custody.
A police probe revealed that Rajesh had spent about Rs 1 lakh on various purchases for his family and had also placed several thousands of rupees inside a temple’s donation box. The police said the donated money cannot be recovered.