Mumbai company's HR manager arrested
Rajani Sharma, the defendant, has been charged with fraud after her employer found out that she had betrayed their confidence and cheated the business.
After receiving a promotion for her excellent performance during the pandemic, the senior Human Resources (HR) manager of a group of five garment businesses situated in Mumbai is accused of embezzling Rs 31 lakh from the company's bank accounts. On Monday, the Santacruz police took her into custody.
Rajani Sharma, the defendant, has been charged with fraud after her employer found out that she had betrayed their confidence and cheated the business.
Since 2018, Sharma has been employed by businessman Mehul Sanghvi of Vile Parle in the HR department. According to Sanghvi's complaint, Sharma had been handling all HR-related tasks as well as the accounts department ever since the company's staff left during the pandemic.
Sanghvi claimed he trusted her above everyone else in the company because she was competent enough to make the proper choice, according to the police. He also gave her the password to his company's bank account so she could handle crucial tasks while he was away.
According to the authorities, he also gave her his email address and password in order to assist Sharma in obtaining OTPs via email and completing the transactions.
An accounts department executive discovered several questionable transactions in September while he was completing income tax returns. After that, Singhvi's business examined earlier transactions and found questionable transactions totaling Rs 31 lakh.
According to the FIR, entries for these transactions were made under the complainant's capital returns in the company's records. Upon reviewing these transactions, the complainant discovered that the funds had been moved into a Navi Mumbai bank account that Sharma and her mother jointly own, per the FIR.
Next, Singhvi gave the order to examine all of his company's dealings over the previous five years.
The police stated that they believe Sharma may have taken more money than what is believed to have been taken.
In response to Sanghvi's complaint, the Santacruz police filed a case against Sharma on Saturday under the Indian Penal Code's (IPC) sections 408 (criminal breach of trust by an employee) and 420 (cheating), and on Monday they took her into custody. An officer stated that she would appear in court on Tuesday.