Four held on charge of cheating Uninor

Investigations revealed that the cheques were stolen from the company’s Saket office after which,with forged signatures of the authorised signatory of the company,the accused,Manoj Pahwa,a Rohini-based Chartered accountant,withdrew Rs 95 lakh from various accounts in different Delhi banks.

“The holders of these accounts were questioned,of whom a few revealed that their accounts had been utilised for transaction purposes and a nominal cut was also given in exchange for the use of these accounts. A few of these account holders were found missing and the money that was fraudulently deposited into their accounts were debited,” said Dhaliwal.

The accounts were then traced to a few individuals,and some private companies like Globe Marketing,SM Enterprises,Primavira Management,Sol Private Ltd and Delhi Sales Corporation. With each arrest,the link of the possible involvement of others was established. As much as Rs 6.5 lakh in cash and jewellery was recovered with Pahwa’s arrest on December 12.

Later,Pahwa revealed that he had received the cheques from a certain Varun Mittal,a Meerut-based aeronautical engineer. The police arrested Mittal,who disclosed that he had received all the cheques from Rahul Sharma,a hotel management executive who was also held. Dhaliwal said,“Sharma was employed with Uninor as an accounts executive.”

Mittal then allegedly gave the cheques to his colleague,Amrita Kumari Sharma,an office executive with the Shah Shiv Group. “It was Amrita who forged the signatures of two authorised signatories of Uninor on the cheques. She also debited Rs 20 lakh into her own account,” Dhaliwal said,adding that Amrita is absconding.