PHOTO: 3 men on their way to jail outside the court at the Temple of Jusice
By Garmah Never Lomo, garmahlomo@gmail.com
The Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice has sent to jail two Indian Nationals and another man allegedly sealing US$512,800 from their employers, ARUN Brothers three branches and LR& Son Randall/Broad Streets and its warehouse, respectively.
Mahendra Mike Chauhan, Yogi Kamani and Daniel Jackson, a Liberian are being incarcerated at the Monrovia Central Prison.
They have been charged by the Liberian National police with theft of property in violation of Chapter 15, section 15.51 of the revised penal law of Liberia.
According to police charge sheet, on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, Mr. Deepak Anandani, one of the shareholders of ARUN Brothers and LR& Sons submitted a written complainant to the Liberia National Police that there was an in-house audit in which it was discovered that ARUN Brothers and LR &Sons a partnership business has experienced shortages from its warehouse and branches mentioned below:
ARUN Brothers#1 water side, UN Drive, ARUN Brothers#2 Buchanan parking, Red light Paynesville, ARUN Brothers#3 Hage center, Red light Paynesville, LR& Sons#1Randell street, LR&Sons #5 Broad Street and Sons #6 Randell Street.
The complaint filed by the complainant says that the loss incurred is in the tune of five hundred twelve thousand and eight hundred United States dollars (512,800).
Mr. Anandani further stated that ARUN Brothers branch #1 has experienced the amount of USD$2,983 as cash lost and ARUN Brothers branch #2 lost from scratch cards sold without cash received for the amount of USD$148,300 but in account show receivable. The complainant also claimed that current manager of ARUN Brothers number two is suspected of editing the account by banking the passwords.
In furtherance to his complaint, Mr. Anandani narrated that ARUN Brothers number three experienced cash shortages from sales amounting to US$25,000 while ARUN Brothers number four store experienced huge losses in the branch and the complainant attached there to hard copies documents to validate his accusation.
The complainant went to explain that LR&Sons number six has experienced losses in the tune of US$10,200 and their current manager Nitesh Vasudev was involved into prostitution when he took the amount of US#1,870 from the sales and gave same to a police Commander at Red light only identified as Baysah so as to handle the issue of prostitution and Nitesh Vasudev has edit the account by illegally breaking into the software.
Furthermore, complainant Anandani to police Investigator that LR&Sons number five loss amount of US$, 28,123while, LR&Sons number one loss the totall amount of US$12,380 and the manager of said branch Rahul Fulwari received US$8,000 which was not reported to management. In conclusion of the complaint, Mr. Anandani stated that the ware house shortage is in the tune of US$191,990 and said ware house he claimed was managed by Vikram Thakur.
For his part, Yogi Kamani, the Manager of ARUN Brothers number two located red light, Paynesville explained that he took two thousand five hundred United States dollars (2,500 US) from the store where he was assigned at Red light for his alleged complicity in duping his employer LR&Sons management.
During police Investigation with Kamani, he narrated that he took two thousand five hundred United States dollars (2,500US) from the store where he was assigned at Red light Paynesville and gave same to Daniel Jackson, the black manager at the store.
He also told police Investigator that the cash in question (2,500US) was turned over to Daniel Jackson so as to wire US$ 2,000 of said amount to he(Kamani) brother in the Republic of India and the remaining US$500, was the amount Daniel Jackson requested for as sending transfer fees.
Yogi revealed that he took one thousand two hundred United States dollars dollars (1,200US) from the sales which he used to purchase an iPhone and also took one Samsung A50s cell phone, plus cash four thousand United States dollars (400US) from the store and Daniel Jackson received it from him for safe keeping.
In furtherance of his statement, defendant Kamani informed the police Investigator that his friend name Mahendra Mike Chauhan who also work for LR&Sons management allegedly gave him four thousand United States dollars (4,000US) and two thousand, two hundred Euros (2,200EURO) that he exchanged at the rate of US$2,500 while his other friend name Shorabh Bhawser who is also an employee of LR&Sons management gave him three thousand United States dollars (3,000US).
He averred that the two LR&Sons employees name mentioned above gave the money in question to have same turn over to their families in the Republic of India since indeed he Yogi Kamani had intention of returning to India in the soonest.
Defendant Kamani also told the police Investigation that he admitted receiving the cash from Mahendra Mike Chauhan and Shorabh Bhawser and informed the Investigator that he gave the cash to Daniel Jackson but Daniel Jackson later told them that money and cell phones we stolen from his residence.
During police Investigation with Mahendra Mike Chauhan he admitted giving Yogi Kamani US$4,000 and 2,200 Euros to keep but Yogi Kamani said he gave the money to Daniel Jackson for safe keeping who later informed that it was stolen from his house by armed robbers.
Meanwhile, Daniel Jackson has remained silent and was represented by his lawyer Atty. George N. King but admitted serving as an employee of ARUN Brothers.