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JAMMU: Crime Branch (CB) on Thursday arrested three main accused for multi-crore embezzlement and criminal breach of trust in a business establishment.
According to a CB official, the arrested accused have been identified as Dikshant Anand, son of Harvinder Anand, resident of Rehambal Udhampur; Narinder Chopra, son of Satish Kumar Chopra, resident of Lakhdata Bazar Jammu and Amit Sharma, son of Bahadur Chand Sharma, resident of Preet Nagar Jammu, all employees of M/S Jammu Flour Mills.
“An FIR was lodged on the written complaint of Arun Mahajan, Managing Partner, M/S Jammu Flour Mills, Gangyal, Jammu wherein he alleged that three employees of Jammu Flour Mills who had been functioning as Area Salesman, Billing clerk and Accountant committed criminal breach of trust & embezzlement of Rs. 2 Crores to Rs. 2.50 Crores by resorting to a well-planned criminal conspiracy,” the official said.
The official added, “The complainant got conducted a comprehensive audit of the accounts of the Flour Mills by the Chartered Accountant and in the audit so conducted, startling revelations including the unique modus-operandi adopted by accused persons came to the fore. The accused used to divert the NEFT transactions to unrelated parties and for cash transactions, they did under-billing and embezzled huge amounts. The accused created fake parties and sold goods to multiple retailers under fake names. Even book debts from various parties to whom the goods had been supplied by Jammu Flour Mills had been recovered and misappropriated by the accused persons. The audit further uncovered that payments of Jammu Flour Mills were transferred by accused to bank accounts of their family members, relatives and friends.”
Senior Superintendent of Police Crime Jammu, Benam Tosh confirmed that three main accused allegedly involved in multi-crore embezzlement case FIR No. 06/2025 have been arrested after allegations were substantiated and proved against them and interrogation is underway.
