done...Aurangabad: The city police have booked a sales support executive on the charges of duping a leading pharma firm to the tune of over Rs 13 lakh in a span of six months.Police said that 51-year-old complainant of Khed Shivpur in Haveli tehsil of Pune owns an agency of a private company that is into manufacturing of a series of fitness products. To capture the market in Aurangabad and attract business, he had hired the suspect as sales support executive earlier this year. He was supposed to get business order from leading hospitals and supply the articles to them.The complainant has stated that between February and August this year, the suspect had bagged orders to the tune of Rs 10.48 lakh from different hospitals and supplied the articles to the hospitals. But he did not deposit the money with the complainant.In addition to this, the suspect allegedly opened a bank account in the name of the complainant's agency and got a cheque to the tune of Rs 65,518 cleared in the said account. Moreover, the suspect had misappropriated funds to the tune of Rs 55,000 that was given to him at the time of appointment, the complaint states.Based on the complaint, a case has been registered against the suspect under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 418 (cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect) and section 420 (cheating and dishonesty) of the IPC.Police said that about a month ago, the City Chowk police had received an application against the suspect, following which he was summoned but he never reported to the police station.Investigating officer sub-inspector Yogesh Dhonde told TOI, "The suspect is missing since the complaint was received against him. His family members have claimed that he has not returned home for quite a while."

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