UP man absconding for 5 yrs, wanted in misappropriation of ATM cash arrested from Lucknow

Team learned that he had been sighted in LucknowLucknow: The Delhi Police Crime Branch said on Sunday that they had apprehended an accused who had been on the run for five years in connection with a case involving the embezzlement of Rs 2.22 crore earmarked for ATMs. According to a senior police officer, the offender has been identified as Mohammad Abdul Qadir, a resident of Lucknow. “The accused was wanted in a case of embezzlement of Rs 2.22 crore from Brinks India Private Limited, which had a contract with national and private banks to refill the money accessible in ATMs,” a senior police officer said.What really is the situation? In 2018, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) launched a case of Criminal Breach of Trust on the allegation of Sandeep Jangra, the authorised signatory of Brinks India Private Limited, for embezzlement of Rs 2,22,54,300. Qadir worked for Brinks India Private Limited as a cash custodian, replacing the amount in ATMs of private and nationalised banks. The accused vanished on February 23, 2018, without telling the firm. It was then discovered that Rs 2,22,54,300 had been plundered. A raid was carried out at his leased residence, but he escaped. Raids were undertaken at all of his likely hideouts, but he always managed to elude the authorities.In 2019, he was labelled a Proclaimed Offender. When the Crime team learned that he had been sighted in Lucknow, a squad was dispatched there to apprehend him on Sunday. “The accused was found to be staying in a rented residence in Adil Nagar, Gannekapurwa. He was apprehended during a raid,” the official stated. “Qadir was tasked to fill the cash amounts in 42 ATMs, however he did not fill the whole amounts in ATMs and stole the suspected cash amounts,” according to the official.