India, Oct. 18 -- A traffic e-challan for not wearing a seatbelt in Mangaluru city helped the Santacruz police trace and arrest an absconding accused who had cheated his employer, a restaurant owner in Mumbai. The accused was arrested on Wednesday and produced before a city court on Friday.

The complainant in the case is the owner of the chain of popular South Indian restaurants in Mumbai. The accused, Dinath Shetty, 31, a resident of Mira Road, was the operational manager at the restaurant. Shetty was entrusted with depositing the cash from the restaurant in a bank. He was also supposed to pay the rent, purchase groceries and other things required in the five branches of the establishment. However, his employer learnt he had cheated him...