Shop staffer held for stealing Rs 22L

Hyderabad: An employee of a

liquor store

has been arrested for allegedly stealing cash from his workplace at HB Colony in Moulali.

Kushaiguda

police have recovered Rs 22 lakh stolen cash from his possession. Police arrested B Sunil (33) a employee of Sai Durga Wines shop in Laxmi Nagar Colony of Moulali, at Kamineni Hospital flyover on Tuesday night and seized Rs 22 lakh cash from his possession.

On August 1, M Sridhar Reddy, co-owner of Sai Durga Wine Shop in HB Colony, Kushaiguda lodged a complaint with police stating that he and his business partner, Ramchandra Reddy, had employed Sunil of Shiva Ganga Colony in LB nagar at the shop.

Sunil, who had been working for three years, used to pick up the day’s collection from the shop at 10 pm, hand it over to Ramchandra Reddy at latter’s house at Chaitanyapuri.

On July 31, Sunil took Rs 22.3 lakh cash from the shop, but he did not meet Ramachandra Reddy. At 11.23 pm, Ramachandra Reddy called Sunil and the latter told him that he would be reaching in two minutes. Subsequently, Sunil’s phone remained switched off and a complaint was lodged with police on August 1.

Police found out that Sunil had incurred loss in business a few years ago and had to clear loans amounting to Rs 60 lakh.