The Hindu : Employer steals from employee?

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Thursday, Feb 13, 2003

Southern States

Southern States - Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad

Employer steals from employee?

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD Feb. 12. In a curious case, the owner of a computer training institute in Habsiguda allegedly committed theft from the house of his own employee after surreptitiously taking the keys from the lady's handbag.

The Musheerabad police, who investigated the theft in the house of Sunita Vijaya, an employee of Arena Multi-media, reportedly found that the owner of the institute, J. Sudhir Kumar, had committed the offence in December last year.

The accused stole about five and a half tola of gold ornaments, cheque books and net cash of Rs. 3,000. He sold the ornaments and converted the cheques into fake pay orders with the help of a computer.

With that money he purchased five mobile phones and eight computer sets including lap top, scanner and other material. The accused, meanwhile, claiming access to a senior police officer assured her that he would get the case solved.

Later, Ms. Sunita lodged a complaint with the Musheerabad police who found that it was her own boss who had committed the theft. The accused was apprehended a few days ago and he was said to have confessed to the offences.

The police recovered gold jewellery and computer equipment worth Rs. 5.5 lakhs at his instance. The Musheerabad inspector P. Ramaseshaiah and his team investigated the case under the guidance of ACP M. Ramesh Babu and supervision of DCP (North) C.V. Anand.

Two die in mishap

In a hit-and-run incident at Turkapally, three persons travelling on a motorcycle were hit by a lorry on Tuesday night. Two of them - Anji Reddy (30) and Srinivas Reddy (30) died while the third, Butchi Reddy, was in a serious condition at the Gandhi hospital.

Two committee suicide

A housewife, Dayamani (27), wife of one, Raju, a resident of Indiranagar under the Malkajgiri police station limits was charred to death after she doused herself with kerosene and set fire. She took the extreme step as she was unable to conceive, police said.

Ill-health drove 35-year-old Ramaswamy to hanging himself to death on Tuesday at Maisammagutta under the Ghatkesar police station limits.

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