Mumbai: A 35-year-old man working with a petrol pump on the Sahar Road, Andheri East, was booked for allegedly siphoning around ₹1.07 crore from his employer.
As per the police, the accused – identified as Arun Mudaliyar, a resident of Badlapur – was working as a clerk in the I-Cartport Petrol Pump on Sahar Road. “He allegedly transferred the money from the petrol pump’s bank accounts to his account, his wife’s account and his sister’s account under the guise of payment of advance taxes, GST, VAT, EPF Fund, TDS, ESIC contribution, etc from 2017,” said a police officer from Sahar Police Station.
“The complainant, Suresh Nanda, told us during a recent audit they came to know about this fraud purportedly committed by Mudaliyar by transferring funds from the petrol pump’s accounts under various pretexts,” added the police officer.