Financial fraud in Diya Krishna's firm; Police to seek custody of former employees, one accused still at large

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Police are seeking the custody of the accused involved in the financial fraud case in social media star Diya Krishna’s shop. The court remanded Vineetha and Radhakumari, who surrendered at the Crime Branch office on Friday. The search for another accused, Divya, is ongoing.

The accused are former employees of Diya's company, ‘Oh by Ozy’.

As per reports, the three accused used their own QR code instead of Diya's QR code to receive payments from customers and then dupe the owner. The accused embezzled Rs 69 lakh in this way. Police say that the accused have not fully cooperated with the investigation despite appearing before them yesterday.

The police informed the court of receiving clear-cut evidence of employees stealing money from Diya's shop. This is also clear from the bank records of the three employees. While checking their bank accounts, irregularities of Rs 40 lakh were found. The police say that more information will be revealed only after the accused are taken into custody and questioned.