Hyderabad: A senior executive of a private firm operating a hospital in Banjara Hills has approached Hyderabad Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths, alleging that a former employee siphoned off over Rs 2.4 crore in a span of six years from the company accounts through fraudulent means. Based on the complaint, CCS police registered a cheating case and launched a probe.In his complaint, Satyanarayana Vedula, executive director of Virinchi Health Care, which runs Virinchi Hospital, alleged that the accused, T Rajesh Gandhi, worked at their hospital in Banjara Hills for around six years, starting in 2016.According to the complainant, Rajesh Gandhi was responsible for processing remuneration and professional fee payments to agents associated with the hospital. As part of the job, he used to prepare payment sheets, enter bank details and submit bulk transfer files for payment.According to the complaint, during a recent internal review and forensic audit, it came to light that while initiating transfer of funds, Rajesh replaced genuine agent bank details with his own account and those of his father, T Jagannatha Rao, his brother, T Moti Lal, other relatives and associates. It was also alleged that Rajesh exploited a procedural gap in bulk transfer systems, where banks do not cross-verify beneficiary names against account numbers.“Rajesh initially siphoned off smaller amounts to test whether the manipulation could be detected. After confirming that the fraud was not immediately discovered, he gradually increased the frequency of illegal transfers and also the amount in subsequent financial years,” the complainant alleged.According to police, after working for six years from 2016 to 2022, the accused left the job, but the fraud was detected recently during an internal review and forensic audit, followed by verification of the fraudulent transactions.Based on the complaint, a case was registered under Sections 408 (criminal breach of trust by a clerk or a worker), 420 (cheating) and 477-A (falsification of accounts), read with 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on Thursday.“The complainant has sought freezing of the beneficiary accounts, identification of accomplices, and recovery of the diverted funds. We are collecting evidence and based on the findings in the preliminary probe, appropriate legal action will be initiated,” said a CCS official.
