Two Managers of Travelling Agency Booked for Swindling Rs 1.30 Crore of Company

Pune: By making the duplicate stamp and letter head of the travelling company and by transferring the amount of tourists into their account, two managers of the company duped the company to 1 crore, 35 lakh, 95 thousand, and 686 rupees. This incident took place between 2021 and May 2024.

In this case, Kunal Nitin Patil (age 34), a resident of Sahkarnagar, lodged a complaint at Chaturshringi police station. Accordingly, Chaturshringi police booked Vipul Navgire (age 30), a resident of Tingrenagar, Lohagaon, and Pankaj Mele (age 38), a resident of Moshi.

The police said that the accused, Navgire and Mele, were working as managers for the travelling company. This company arranges tours in the country and abroad for people. As per the complaint, the accused illicitly made the duplicate stamp and letter head of the company.

With the help of these, they defrauded individuals by taking money from people into their accounts. Further, the accused also took money from the people when they went to Bangkok and Vietnam. When the company received complaints regarding it, the internal investigation found that both of the accused had cheated the company to about 1.30 crore rupees.

Accordingly, the complaint was registered against both the accused at Chaturshringi Police Station. In this regard, Assistant Police Inspector Rajkumar Kendre is conducting further investigation.