Rajasthan man flees with Rs 43L of angadia firm

Rajkot: A man from Rajasthan was booked for stealing Rs 43.20 lakh from an angadia firm owner in Morbi on Wednesday night.
Police said the accused, Jitendra Prajapati, a native of Undh village of Sehore district in Rajasthan, was living on Sardar Bhavan Road in Morbi. He had stolen money from Magan Prajapati (50), a resident of Pramukh Society on Waghodiya Road in Vadodara, who owns an angadia firm.
As Magan wanted to expand his business, he decided to open a branch in Morbi, for which he contacted Jitendra. “Both Magan and Jitendra knew each other since both hailed from the same village in Rajasthan,” said an official from Morbi A division police station.
After Jitendra expressed his willingness to shoulder the responsibility of an angadia firm, Magan appointed him as the head of the branch of his firm in Morbi.
On October 29, Jitendra allegedly pocketed Rs 43.20 lakh cash of some of their clients, downed the shutter of his office and fled from the town. “After Magan lodged a complaint, we launched a manhunt for Jitendra,” added the police official.