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MUMBAI: A 25-year-old woman who worked as an accountant with a diamond firm at Bandra-Kurla Complex is wanted by the police for allegedly stealing Rs 30 lakh from her office locker. The police said that the woman, Pooja Daral (25), has fled with her boyfriend.

The police said that she had left Rs 16 lakh with a friend of hers for safekeeping. This friend, Abhishek Khemkar (27), was arrested from his Mankhurd home last Wednesday.

The theft came to light recently when another employee of the diamond firm, Rinki Shah, who is also from the accounts department stumbled upon a discrepancy in the cash. On checking footage from cameras in the office, Shah found Daral pinching the cash from the office safe, said an officer from the Bandra-Kurla Complex police station.

“Shah found Daral entering the locker room and stealing the cash. Khemkarhelped her by keeping the booty with him for which she paid him some money,” said a police officer.

The police said that Khemkar informed them that Daral bought two cars. “She took some cash along and fled with her boyfriend to her village in the Konkan,” said the officer.

In a police complaint lodged by an official of Chintan Gems said: “We got suspicious about Daral when she stopped coming to office. Shah checked the locker and also checked the books of accounts and found discrepancies there She then checked the CCTV in the locker room and found Daral entering the room and removing cash and leaving the office.”

The police got details about Daral and arrested Khemkar who confessed that he knew that Daral had stolen the money, said the officer. “He said that she wanted to start her own business and marry the man she loved. He told us that she he fled to Sindhudurg with a part of the booty,” said the officer.

