Pune: A jewellery store employee allegedly fled with stuff collectively valued at Rs45 lakh, including cash, silver bars and a scooter.It took place around 12.45pm on Thursday. The employee fled with Rs28 lakh in cash, five silver bars worth Rs16 lakh, and a scooter, after being sent to collect pure silver from another jewellery shop in Raviwar Peth. The jeweller (39), a resident of Nanded City, lodged a complaint with the Faraskhana police.An officer from Faraskhana police said the complainant runs a jewellery shop in Raviwar Peth and has a unit for melting and refining gold and silver in Nanded City. The accused, who hails from Banaskantha in Gujarat, had been working with him for the past two years. His job involved collecting and delivering cash, gold and silver jewellery to and from other jewellers in the city.“The accused was entrusted with the silver and cash brought by a regular customer, who had come to the shop to buy pure silver. He had brought five silver bars weighing 15.1kg, extracted from old ornaments, and Rs 28.05 lakh in cash,” the officer said.On Thursday afternoon, the complainant asked the accused to take the silver and cash to his cousin’s shop in Raviwar Peth and collect 24kg of pure silver. The accused left on the complainant’s scooter around 12.45pm. “However, when he did not return for a long time, the complainant contacted his cousin, who said the worker had not reached his shop. The jeweller then found that the accused’s cellphone was switched off,” the officer said.The jeweller approached the police and lodged a complaint against the employee. The police have registered a case under Section 316 (criminal breach of trust) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
