Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Dec 26: Kadaba police have registered a case against a bar employee for allegedly misappropriating cash and liquor stock worth over Rs 6.57 lac and fleeing the area.

According to the complaint lodged by Vishal Stephen (25), a resident of Bilinele village in Kadaba taluk, his mother owns a bar situated at Nettana in Bilinelle village.

The accused, identified as Harshith B K, a resident of Hunchappady in Kadaba, had been employed at the bar for the past seven years. He was entrusted with daily financial transactions, stock maintenance and overall supervision of the establishment.

Vishal stated that on the night of December 21, while reviewing the bar’s accounts, he noticed irregularities in the transactions. When confronted, Harshith allegedly assured him that the discrepancies would be resolved the following day and that the business cash would be deposited in the bank on December 22.

However, when the money was not deposited as promised, Vishal went to the room where Harshith had been staying and found that he had disappeared. Further verification revealed that liquor stock worth Rs 6,57,104, stored in the stock room, had already been sold by the accused, with the proceeds neither accounted for nor deposited in the bank.

It was also alleged that Harshith had stolen the bar’s cash on December 21 before absconding.

Based on the complaint, Kadaba police have registered a case under Sections 303(2), 314 and 316(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and have launched an investigation to trace the accused.