Police has arrested Joint Custodian Harsidh Kadiar, who embezzled Rs 8.70 crore from the RBI currency chest of Bank of Baroda located in Kalupur area of Ahmedabad. Investigation has revealed that the accused had purchased a bungalow worth more than Rs 2 crore and a shop worth Rs 1.40 crore in Chandkheda area of Ahmedabad with the stolen money. Police have also recovered Rs 2.20 crore cash from the possession of the accused. The wife of the accused is posted as head constable in the Railway Police.
The matter came to light when the chief manager of Kalupur branch lodged a complaint with the police. It was told in the complaint that RBI’s currency chest operates in the bank, from where cash is sent to other banks as per the need. At that time Sanjay Sharma was working as Chief Custodian and Harsidh Kadiar was working as Joint Custodian. The audit and investigation conducted by the new custodians found 174 bundles of Rs 500 notes missing, the total value of which was Rs 8.70 crore.
After this the bank officials examined the CCTV footage. In the footage, on January 13, Harsidh Kadiar was seen taking some boxes out of the bank. He told the employees that there was garbage in the boxes and he was going to throw it away. Police investigation revealed that the accused had committed the theft in January itself and was confident that the CCTV footage would be deleted after 90 days. For this reason, he continued working regularly for about 3 months even after the theft.
First he pretended to be sick and took leave, then he disappeared.
On April 13, the accused took leave citing ill health and later went on medical leave for five days. He went missing since April 20. After the complaint was filed, the accused had gone to Manali with his family, but after getting information about the case being registered against him and the police investigation, he absconded from there.
During investigation, police recovered Rs 2.20 crore in cash from a car parked below his house in Sola. Apart from this, Rs 22 lakh, an Artica car and mobile phone have also been seized. The accused had bought a bungalow, a shop and a small elephant vehicle with the stolen money. He had also invested some amount in cryptocurrency. Investigation also revealed that the accused had given a total of Rs 28 lakh to his colleague Vaishali Ben to buy a house.
The police have detained two other people involved in the cash transfer, Sultan and Zulfikar, and started questioning them. Harsidh Kadiar was working in the bank for the last 15 years. During interrogation, he has confessed to theft to live a comfortable life. Police are now investigating the possible involvement of other people and the role of the accused’s wife in this entire case.
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