Accused who fled with transport company money caught

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 24, 2017: Reports say that  Mangaluru City Police on Tuesday arrested an employee of a lorry transport company who had  absconded with Rs 14.60-lakh cash belonging to the company.

The accused Ansar Ahmad, lorry driver, on May 6 was scheduled to remit the amount that his owner Abdul Rahiman had entrusted him with at the office of Noor Transports at Naguru in Kundapur in Udupi district.


Ravindranath Rai, head constable of Kankanady Town Police station deputed to track Ansar followed leads and went to Nagpur, Hyderabad, Raichur before heading back to Hemmady near Kundapur where the accused was believed to be hiding in a rented house. Ravindranath nabbed him and recovered Rs 11.42-lakh from his possession.