One caught in Rs1.5 crore fraud case, prime accused flees country

Satellite police on Sunday reportedly caught one of the accused in the case of duping a city-based private limited company to the tune of Rs1.5 crore. However, police said that the prime accused in the case has fled to Nairobi, Kenya.

The incident occurred last month when the accused had allegedly fraudulently transferred the amount from the company's bank account to a jewellery showroom's account.

Police said that they had nabbed one Rajesh Vighani, 27, a resident of Noblenagar in Sardarnagar. They claimed that Vighani, along with his friend and main accused in the case, one Sumin Sindhi, a resident of Maninagar had hatched the dubious plan to defraud the company. However, Rajesh was not involved in the execution of the crime, cops said. During interrogation, Rajesh told police officials that soon after the crime was unearthed, Sindhi had already fled the country and is now in Nairobi.

However, it should be noted that the vice-president of the company Prasann Shah had alleged in his complaint that one Hitesh and his friend Jitendra Soni, a resident of Gundiwad near Raipur Darwaja, had transferred Rs1,53,13,620 from his company's account with the help of a fake cheque.

The amount was transferred to the account of Geetanjali Jewellers, a jewellery showroom near Shivranjani Crossroads. Satellite police inspector MR Gupta confirmed the arrest of Vighani.