Archive · 18 Dec 2025
Gurgaon Liquor Store Guard Arrested for Embezzling Rs 50 Lakh
A security guard named Jai Pratap Singh who worked at a liquor store in Gurgaon was arrested for taking Rs 50 lakh that his boss gave him to deliver to someone in Delhi.
Instead of delivering the money, he went to Haridwar and Rishikesh for fun, spent some money, and hid the rest in his car.
The police found him and the money, and he was taken to court.
He said he wanted to use the money to buy a fruit farm.
The police are still investigating.
Jai Pratap Singh, a PSO at Discovery liquor store in Gurgaon, was arrested for embezzling Rs 50 lakh.
Singh was tasked with delivering the money to Delhi but instead went to Haridwar and Rishikesh.
Police recovered Rs 49.5 lakh and the Maruti Suzuki S-Presso used in the crime.
Singh spent Rs 50,000 on his trip and planned to invest the rest in a fruit orchard in Himachal Pradesh.
Singh was produced in court and remanded to judicial custody, with further investigation underway.
- Who
- Jai Pratap Singh, a personal security officer (PSO) working at a liquor store in Gurgaon
- What
- Embezzlement of Rs 50 lakh entrusted to him by his employer
- When
- December 10, with the arrest happening on the following day
- Where
- Gurgaon, India
- Why
- Singh wanted to invest in a fruit orchard in Himachal Pradesh and went on a leisure trip to Haridwar and Rishikesh
- Accused
- Jai Pratap Singh
- Amount Embezzled
- Rs 50 lakh
- Amount Recovered
- Rs 49.5 lakh
- Vehicle Used
- Maruti Suzuki S-Presso
- Location of Arrest
- Sector 56, Gurgaon
- Date of Incident
- December 10
- Destination
- Delhi
- Amount Spent on Trip
- Rs 50,000
