A private finance company is operating in Manjur, Nilgiris district. Between March 9, 2021 and September 1, 2021, Shanti Priya, manager in this company, jewelery appraiser Raju, cashier Nandini, and computer operator Vijayakumar, who worked in the company, took the original jewelery packets from the lockers of 81 customers and kept fake jewelery in them.
In addition, the group swindled ₹98 lakh by obtaining a loan using forged documents and forged jewellery in the names of existing customers. After the fraud was discovered during the inspection, the private company filed a complaint with the District Crime Branch Police in Ooty. A special team was formed and an investigation was launched in response to the complaint.
In the scenario, appraisar Raju, 32, cashier Nandini, 30, and computer operator Vijayakumar, 30, were arrested in January, but manager Shanti Priya managed to flee. Special force police, led by District Crime Branch Inspector Amsaveni, were looking for Shanti Priya in Karnataka and Kerala.
Shanti Priya, who had been under hiding for several months, was recently apprehended by Ooty crime branch police and lodged in Coimbatore Central Jail in this case. Shanti Priya’s father, Natarajan, is the DMK secretary of Pikkatti Perur, near Manjoor.
With inputs from Dinamalar
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