Mumbai Police arrest man, who was absconding for 15 years, from Gujarat's Kutch

The RAK Marg police on Thursday arrested a 39-year-old man who has been on the run for the past 15 years after stealing Rs40,000 from his then employer – a textile shop owner in the Hindmata area of Dadar.

A team of six police officers, led by assistant police inspector Mahesh Lamkhede, took up the case that was registered in 2007 when Amit Gangar reported to the police about one of his employees stealing Rs40,000. A case was registered against him under section 408 (criminal breach of trust by



clerk or servant) of the Indian Penal Code.

According to the complaint, the suspect Pravin Jadeja, 24 (at the time), was sent to Wadala to collect money from some dealers by Gangar. “However, Jadeja returned empty-handed and told Gangar that somebody stole the money when he was in a public washroom. Gangar lodged a case against Jadeja and he was immediately arrested. He was sent to judicial custody but managed to secure bail, after which he disappeared,” explained Lamkhede.