2 brothers dupe boss of Rs 2 crore

Panchkula: The detective staff of Panchkula police arrested a person involved in a Rs 2 crore fraud case on Thursday. The accused allegedly cheated his employer, a shop owner, by releasing cheques meant for farmer clients in his name and those of his family members. Inspetor Mohinder Singh, in-charge, detective staff, said that the accused has been identified as Nitin Singla, a resident of Defence Colony, Ambala Cantt.Police said they received a complaint from Sanjay Singhal, a resident of Raipur Rani, who deals in sale and purchase of food grains from private and government agencies at New Grain Market in Raipur Rani.In his complaint, Singhal said that he hired two brothers, Nitish Singla and Harsh Singla 12 years back to maintain records of sale/purchase as well as cash transactions. Singhal alleged that he received complaints from his farmer clients that they had not received payments from his office for three months.Singhal said that he checked to find that the payments released for farmers had been fraudulently transferred into the bank accounts of Nitin Singla’s relatives. Singhal hired a CA and conducted an audit of the shop and found that Nitin and Harsh Singla had committed fraud of Rs 2 crore.He said when he confronted them, they confessed to the crime and promised to return the money. A police complaint was filed on July 7 and a case was registered under the relevant sections of the IPC at Raipur Rani police station.Inspector Mohinder said, “The accused, Nitin Singla has been taken into police remand and further investigations are on.” His brother Harsh is at large.