Uttar Pradesh salesman fakes Rs 10 lakh robbery to purchase house, held with wife

AGRA: A tobacco company salesman from Mathura, who claimed he was robbed of Rs 10 lakh by motorcycle-borne assailants, was held along with his wife on Wednesday after police found that he had staged the robbery to cover up the misappropriation of company funds for the purchase of a house.According to police, Vijay Kumar (31), a commission agent associated with Mathura-based JP Enterprises, a pan masala trading company, lodged a complaint at the highway police station on June 22.He alleged that while carrying cash collected from wholesale traders in Aurangabad and Azam Nagar to hand over to the company owner, two unidentified men intercepted him and fled with the money after spraying an irritant into his eyes.Multiple teams comprising police, surveillance personnel and SWAT units were deployed to investigate.Officers examined CCTV footage, tracked Kumar's movements and reconstructed his route. However, the probe failed to uncover any proof supporting his claims, police said.During sustained questioning and technical analysis, Kumar admitted that he had fabricated the robbery story to mislead both police and his employer.

Investigators found that he had handed over the cash to his wife and planned to use the money to buy a house."The probe led to the recovery of Rs 10.7 lakh. Kumar and his wife were arrested. Both have been produced before the court for further proceedings," said SP (city) Rajeev Kumar Singh.A case has been filed under BNS sections 316(4) (criminal breach of trust), 318 (cheating), 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) and 217 (giving false information).