Udupi: A private company employee has been accused of defrauding the firm of Rs 13.4 lakh by altering documents.The complainant, an area manager at a private company that operates retail stores selling stationery and toys across India, stated that the accused, Nazeer Ahmed Kasimkhan, had worked as an assistant store manager at the company’s Kalsanka branch for two years. He was responsible for bank, business, and cash management duties.Another agency, acting on behalf of the company, would collect money owed by customers and hand the cash to the accused after filling out deposit slips. On Dec 18 last year, while conducting an audit and accounts review of the firm, the complainant noticed a discrepancy in the financial accounts, which raised suspicion. Upon verifying the deposit slips submitted by the accused between July 14 and Dec 15, last year, it was discovered that the documents had been altered.Company records revealed that the accused had defrauded the firm of Rs 13,39,000 up to that date.Based on the complaint, which alleged that the accused created fake documents for personal profit and committed cheating, fraud, and breach of trust, a case has been registered at the Udupi Town police station under Sections 316, 318, 336, and 340 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
