PUNE: An incident of misappropriation of ₹14.73 lakh deposited in a finance company has taken place in the Wagholi branch. An FIR has been registered against the branch manager of the company and three others. The incident took place at the Wagholi branch of Capari Gold Loans from October 9 to October 16. The finance company was cheated by keeping fake gold ornaments as mortgage.
Kashinath Vishwasnath Gavand (33), a resident of Dehu Road, has lodged a complaint at the Lonikand police station. An FIR has been registered against branch manager Anil Patil (36), loan officer Shubhangi Jagdale, Shrikant Mule and sales officer Jayashree Shinde under sections 420, 408 and 34 of the IPC.
According to the police, the complainant owns Capri Global Capital Ltd, which is a Non Banking Finance Company (NBFC). The company has a branch in Wagholi under the name of Capari Gold Loans. The accused Anil Patil works as a manager in the branch. Patil opened fake loan accounts in the branch from October 9 to 16. It was shown in office records that a loan of ₹7.88 lakh was given by keeping gold ornaments as mortgage. However, instead of keeping real ornaments as mortgage, he kept fake Bentex jewellery as mortgage.
He also misappropriated ₹6.85 lakh deposited in the branch on October 26.
Branch manager Patil was helped his other colleagues. The accused Patil cheated the complainant’s finance company of ₹14.73 lakh. PSI Kolpe is probing the case.
