Pramesh S Jain
The Jayanagar police on Tuesday arrested a 40-year-old manager of a private firm and recovered 1.4 kilograms of gold valuables and one kilograms of silver articles worth Rs.89.09 lakh, which he had stolen from the office for the last years years.
The accused Karthik,resident of Thyagarajanagar was working as manager for the firm owned by Ashok Paras Rampuria for the last 20 years .
The office cum residence situated in Jayanagar 4th block and Mr.Rampuria used to be out of station most of the time .
Taking advantage of this,Karthik managed to get a duplicate key of the cupboard and steal valuables in small quantities.
The accused would pawn the stolen valuables to pay the loan amount he had incurred .
The theft came to light on July 26 when Mr.Rampuria noticed the valuables missing and filed a complaint with the police suspecting the role of the staff.
The police kept a watch on the accused and caught him red handed along with the duplicate key from him.
