Delhi Police arrest man who stole 25 kg gold from his employer

A 30-year-old man was arrested along with his two accomplices for allegedly stealing over 25 kg gold from his employer after he lost money on IPL betting, police said on Monday.

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Missing after a complaint was filed

accused were identified as Bharat Nathmal Soni, Sachin Shinde (39), residents of West Vid Nagar in Delhi and Shravan (39), a resident of Sirohi district in Rajasthan, y said. One complainant reported that Soni was working as in-charge of he office of his company at Karol Bagh and he used to carry gold jewellery from he office to branch office in Chandni Chowk, but he did t deposit complete jewellery at he office. When complainant learnt about it, Soni got absconding.

"During investigation, it was learnt that Soni was frequently changing his location across country. On September 25, he was arrested from Rajasthan and on his instance, Shinde and Shravan were also arrested from Delhi and Rajasthan respectively," said Mandeep Singh Randhawa, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central). During interrogation, Soni disclosed that he used to carry jewellery items from he office to branch office and sell se jewellery items to different jewellers, DCP said.

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Fond of gambling

In return, he h to deposit melted gold or cash to he office. He also disclosed that he was fond of gambling and during IPL, he suffered huge losses and to recoup losses, he contacted Shinde who was engd in melting gold ornaments, police said. y hatched a plan to melt jewellery into gold metal and before depositing gold metal or jewellery to he office, y used to steal some quantity on pretext that customer will return it in some days, DCP said.

y misappropriated gold jewellery to tune of 25.731 kilograms out of which, Soni gave some quantity to his bror-in-law Shravan. y sold gold jewellery to ir relatives and or persons. A huge amount of gold was recovered from ir possession, police said, ding that efforts are being me to recover remaining gold.

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