Abu Dhabi Police Arrest Kerala Man For Allegedly Duping Rs 1.5 Crore From Lulu Group

Lulu Group News: Muhammad Niyas, a 38-year-old Indian employee working with the LuLu Group in UAE, was arrested on Sunday by Abu Dhabi police for allegedly cheating the company. According to the reports, Niyas, who hails from Kerala, was working as a cash office-in-charge at the LuLu Hypermarket in Khalidiyah Mall and purportedly committed a fraud of 600,000 Dirhams, which is equal to INR 1.5 crores, with the company.

It was learned that Muhammad Niyas was working with the Lulu Group for the last 15 years along with his family in Abu Dhabi.

Sharing details of the arrest, the Abu Dhabi Police, in a statement said, "Regarding the details of the incident, it was clarified that the Al-Khalediya Police Centre in Abu Dhabi received a report from a business institution in Abu Dhabi, informing that the business institution was robbed and embezzlement by an employee, and immediately the criminal investigation teams of the Al-Khalediya Police Centre collected information, which led to his arrest in a record time and the investigation is progressing. The accused's condition is being followed to the Prosecutor's Office to take its legal actions."

"On its part, the commercial institution thanked the General Command of the Abu Dhabi police for their prompt response to the report, and expressed its happiness to arrest the accused in record time," the statement added.

Reportedly, the incident came to light after Niyas failed to report to work on March 25. The Lullu group management tried several times to contact their Indian employee but found his phone was switched off.

Later, the company decided to report the matter of embezzlement of 600,000 Dirhams to police.