Suspect who walked away with Rs. 50 lakh found

Police have cracked the case of the sensational theft of Rs. 50 lakh from the van of a cash management firm on M.G. Road with the arrest of a 21-year-old diploma dropout from Doddaballapura. The theft took place on October 21 when the van was parked outside a bank. The youth, Jagadish, was picked up by a team of Ulsoor police from Usdanahalli and recovered a briefcase containing Rs 49.2 lakh from his house. Additional Commissioner (West) Pratap Reddy said that it was a sheer negligence on the part of the company, Brinks Arya India Private Limited, which failed to carry out a background check while recruiting Jagadish. As per a pre-meditated plan, Jagadish applied for a job and was given the resume of a candidate named Mahesh by the HR staff with the instruction to submit his application in the same format. Jagadish submitted the resume of Mahesh to Brinks Arya Private Limited and, on October 19, got the job of Junior Supervisor. During the investigation, the police reached a dead end when the resume and contact details turned out to be fake. Mr. Reddy said, “He submitted the resume in the name of Mahesh with copies of certificates of educational qualifications, the contact number and photograph of Mahesh, which the HR staff failed to notice. He, however, submitted his own photograph to get the ID card.” The sensational theft Jagadish joined Brinks Arya as a junior supervisor. He had noticed that as soon as the cash van reached IndusInd Bank on MG Road, his colleagues would get busy filling cash in the vehicle. He found his supervisor’s bag containing the key of the cash chest. On October 21, he walked out of the van with a bag saying he was going to the washroom. When the supervisor returned, he noticed Rs. 50 lakh missing. CCTV footage gives lead The police had to wait four days to get CCTV footage from the bank due to holidays. However, when the got the footage, they saw Jagadish talking to someone over the phone. The police verified over one lakh calls before zeroing on the number of Gopinath, who turned out to be Jagadish’s friend. Gopinath had come with Jagadish for an interview on that day. Jagadish had used his mobile phone to call one of his friends. “Gopinath led us to Jagadish,” said Satish Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East). Lied to parents Jagadish had lied to his parents that he had secured a job in IBM and was getting a handsome salary. He had purchased a brand new motorcycle with the stolen money. Firm to be booked The police is contemplating booking a case against Brinks Arya Pvt. Ltd. for hiring Jagadish without verifying his credentials. According to Mr. Pratap Reddy, security firms and financial companies have been instructed to follow guideline issued by the Internal Security Division. As per the guidelines, every firm dealing in security and finance is expected to carry out background verification checks before employing a person. But Brinks Arya failed to carry out a background verification, he added.