Nagpur: Hudkeshwar Police arrested a Manager of Ashmi Road Careers owned by Pyare Khan, a well-known name in transport business, for deceiving his owner to the tune of Rs 17 lakh.
The accused, Balram Nathuram Chaudhari (41), resident of Plot No. 28, House No. 943, Dattawadi, was working with Ashmi Road Careers since 2018 as Traffic Manager of North Zone. Since it was a huge work the company owner had given him more powers like hiring trucks on his own. Ashmi Company has a contract with JSW Steel whose material is transported to North India. Ashmi used to transport the material of JSW Steel. Balram was handling the responsibility. He used to take out material from JSW and cancel the work contract of Ashmi transferring it to Tarika Logistics, a company he floated in his wife’s name.
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According to police, the accused Balram Chaudhari charged Rs 50 per tonne more from his own company to be given to another company. The other company employee used to give Balram those extra Rs 50. As per the estimate calculated by Pyare Khan, Balram earned around Rs 30,000 daily. Police said, in the third crime committed by Balram, he used to charge more money from Ashmi pretending that the truck was going on long distance. An employee of Ashmi working at JSW informed all this to Pyare Khan who in turn lodged a complaint with Hudkeshwar Police.
Police have registered offences under section 420, 418 of the IPC and are probing the matter further.
