4 businessmen booked for claiming PF money of ex-employees

SURAT: Two businessmen were booked in Umra police station for alleged cheating Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Friday. The accused had claimed money in the name of their former employees who had quit job.

Police booked

Girish Rakholiya

, owner of

Chakradhar Synthetics

and

Suresh Railal

, following complaint of assistant commissioner of EPFO Amit Jain.

The accused had claimed money from EPF (employee provident fund) and pension of Suresh Vankar, who had already left the company. They had claimed the money in a bank account in the name of

Vankar

without his knowledge. The accused got transferred Rs 34,143 in the bank account which was not of the registered beneficiary.

In similar cheating case, police booked Pankaj Patel of Yash Enterprise and

Shobhanlal Das

for allegedly claiming EPF money of Uttam Shit, a former employee of Yash Enterprise. The accused got transferred Rs 30,967 in bank account which was not of the registered beneficiary.