IGI food court manager held, Rs 5 lakh seized

New Delhi: The Delhi police arrested a manager of a food court at Arrival Forecourt Terminal-1, domestic airport for misappropriating Rs 5 lakhs, said the police on Wednesday. The accused Sonu Jolly, 46, is a resident of Uttam Nagar.

On July 24, one Satish Kumar Jha, manager, India Retail and Hospitality Private Ltd (IRHPL) filed a police complaint alleging that his operation manager Mr Jolly had escaped with more than Rs 5 lakh in cash. 

Mr Jha told the police that Mr Jolly had stolen the cash from the cash counter of food court in the domestic airport. A case was registered at the domestic airport police station on July 25 and investigation was initiated in the matter.

During the course of investigation, a raid was conducted at the Uttam Nagar residence of Mr Jolly at Uttam Nagar and also at his possible hideouts, but the accused was found absconding. Furthermore, a technical investigation was conducted and his presence on social media was also checked. 

In the meantime, Mr Jolly was spotted at Budh Vihar area in New Delhi and a raid was conducted accordingly.  According to  a report, the police has identified 10 homes and conducted raids on them where Mr Jolly could be possibly hiding. 

“The police picked up Mr Jolly from his friend’s house in Budh Vihar where he was hiding”, Sanjay Bhatia, deputy commissioner of police  (IGI airport) said. Initially, the accused, who has an MBA degree, denied his involvement in the case, but later accepted to misappropriating Rs 5,12,000. 

On detailed interrogation, Mr Jolly disclosed that he had deposited an amount of Rs 3,60,000 in his ICICI bank account and some of the money was used to buy television set  refrigerator and mobile phone among others. The police confiscated them too. The police recovered cash worth `10,000 from Mr Jolly’s possession, Mr Bhatia said.