Bengaluru: The Deputy General Manager (Finance) of Manipal Education and Medical Group along with his wife and former colleague has been arrested by the city police in connection with the fraudulent transfer of money from education group's accounts.
The accused, Sandeep Gururaj (38), his wife Charusmita (30) and Amrita Chengappa (34) fraudulently diverted Rs 62 crore from the company's accounts, Manipal Group Chairman Ranjan Pai told police in a complaint.
While Gururaj, Charusmita and Amrita stay in Andheri in Mumbai, Amrita's 59-year-old mother Meera Chengappa was picked up from Koramangala. The police are on the hunt for Amrita's brother Vishal Somanna, who works as a pilot with Qatar Airways in Dubai.
According to Mr Pai, the multi-crore fraud came to light when he noticed a transaction of Rs 3.5 crore to a Dubai-based company without the voice-confirmation required for it. This raised suspicion and Mr Pai checked other transactions and found several such transfers. Sandeep with the help of other accused transferred funds from the group for the last three years by floating a fake company, Sanctum, in his name. He had also started a fake company, Beehives, in his wife's name and transferred the money to it.
