A cash collection agent hired by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for made off with Rs. 50 lakh cash, collected as fares from seven metro stations, on Tuesday afternoon. A case has been registered at the Rajouri Garden police station but the accused Neeraj continues to remain on the run.
A senior police officer said that Neeraj works for a company hired by a nationalized bank where DMRC has its accounts. The cash management has been outsourced to the bank, which in turn, has hired a private company for the job. The company deploys agents like Neeraj to gather the daily collections from a certain number of stations and deposit them into the bank branch demarcated.
The amount that Neeraj had collected was higher than usual as it was the amount the corporation had collected over the weekend and on Monday, which being Independence Day, was a bank holiday, said the officer.
“When Neeraj did not reach the concerned bank at the scheduled time, his colleagues tried to contact him but without success. When his phone was found switched off over a prolonged period of time, his colleagues got suspicious and reported the matter to the company, bank and DMRC. We received a complaint from DMRC after which a case was registered,” said the police officer.
Police have formed several teams to get hold of Neeraj and sent a team to Bihar, where he hails from, as well but it did not find him there. He has been working for the cash management company for the past two years. The case has been registered under provisions pertaining to theft and breach of trust.
