In a meticulously executed investigation, Santacruz Police have arrested a 31-year-old operations manager of a four-star restaurant chain who had allegedly defrauded his employer of Rs 1.23 crore before going absconding for several months. The accused, identified as Dhinath Sudhakar Shetty, a resident of Mira Road, was finally tracked down to Mangaluru, Karnataka, after investigators traced a traffic e-challan issued to a car he had purchased on loan.

According to the police sources, the 53-year-old complainant is director of a restaurant chain who filed complaint against the accused on September 9, 2024, at Santacruz police station.