Worker held for stealing Rs 3.4L from employer

Hyderabad: Golconda police arrested a grocery store worker for stealing Rs 3.4 lakh cash belonging to his employer from the latter's shop at Shaikpet.
The police have nabbed Ch Venu, 28, a native of Gurajala in Guntur district.Venu had been working at the wholesale rice store shop of Venkanna Babu at Shaikpet. On December 19, Venkanna Babu withdrew Rs 3.4 lakh cash from ICICI bank near Shaikpet to purchase stock for his shop.He kept the cash in his scooter's dickey, parked the vehicle near his shop and went to freshen-up. Venu saw his employer leave his scooter keys at the shop's cash counter. He unlocked the scooter's dickey with the key and fled with cash, police said.
Based on a complaint lodged by Babu, Golconda cops had registered a case under section 381 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and formed a special team to nab the offender. On Wednesday, Golconda cops arrested Venu from his sister's house in Gurajala of Guntur district and brought him to the city. “We have recovered Rs 2.7 lakh from Venu's possession and remanded him in judicial custody,“ Golconda inspector Khaleel Pasha said.