Coimbatore private firm staffer swindles Rs 41 lakh, held

Coimbatore: The city crime branch (CCB) arrested a 34-year-old man on Friday for cheating a private logistics firm of Rs 41lakh.

Police identified him as D Sanjeevi Kumar of NGR Street at Sowripalayam, who worked as the branch manager of Maxel Logistics Limited at Upplilipalayam near Singanallur for two years.

In a complaint to CCB, assistant manager of the firm D Udhayakumar said that during his tenure, Sanjeevi forged bills and transferred Rs 41,85,441 to the bank account of his wife S Kavitha. The firm came to know about the embezzlement during audit. Sanjeevi was produced before a judicial magistrate and was lodged in the Coimbatore Central Prison. Kavitha is absconding. TNN