CHENNAI: A 33-year-old employee of a water-wash and mechanic shop in Vyasarpadi was arrested for replacing his employer’s payment QR code with one linked to his own bank account and diverting customer payments totalling Rs 2 lakh over two months.The shop owner, Sarathkumar, 35, who runs the business on BB Road, had stayed away from work for two months as his wife gave birth a child.During this period, his employees, Vijayakumar and Thirumalai, replaced the QR code linked to his bank account with one connected to their accounts.When Sarathkumar returned and discovered that customer payments had been diverted, he confronted the employees. After they threatened to kill him, he lodged a complaint with the Vyasarpadi police station crime branch.A police team led by the crime branch inspector investigated the complaint and arrested Vijayakumar, 33, of Kannikapuram in Pulianthope. Police also seized the QR code sticker used in the offence.Vijayakumar was produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody. Police were searching for the second suspect, Thirumalai, who remained absconding.
