Nagpur. By opening a parallel bank account in the name of a logistics company, two brothers embezzled Rs 3.10 crore from the company, including the employee’s provident fund. Wadi police have registered a case on the complaint of Amin Aziz Kharwa (62), director of Prime Cargo Movers and Logistics Company. The defendants include Mohammad Farhan Mohammad Usman Malik (32) and Arif Malik (35), residents of Samaj Bhushan Society, Jafarnagar.

Amin’s son Yasir Kharwa runs Prime Cargo and Logistics Company in Dongri, Mumbai. Starting from the year 2008, the company started operations in Nagpur and opened an office at Sheela Complex, Wadi. From this office and warehouse the delivery work of Hindustan Unilever products to Vidarbha, Marathwada and Madhya Pradesh is done. Due to business expansion, the Kharwa Family had entrusted the responsibility of financial transactions to his relative Farhan. Farhan used to do the job of depositing the employees’ salary and EPF.

In October 2021, Farhan resigned from the company and started working at Hindustan Unilever in Kolkata. Meanwhile, he opened accounts at 4-5 banks in the name of the company. Even after leaving work, he was observing the company’s financial transactions. The company did not object either because it had all the information. Meanwhile, Farhan with the help of his brother Arif tampered with Hindustan Unilever’s. Company officials informed the Kharwa family.

The Kharwa family audited their companies, in which it was found that Farhan and Arif together paid lakhs of rupees from their company to different companies. Prime Cargo had no dealings with these companies. He took the EPF money from company employees but did not deposit it into their accounts. A total fraud of Rs 7.73 crore came to light. Farhan gave a written guarantee to return all the money, but failed to return Rs 3.10 crore. Kharwa complained to the police. The police registered a case of fraud and launched an investigation.