On the pretext of providing facilities of insurance and various concessions more than a dozen people were duped to the tune of lakhs of rupees; a case of fraud was registered by Bagh Sewania police against 11 people.
According to the police the victim Rajesh Kumar of Katni was duped by Abhinav Prayas organisation run by Akashdeep Rai and ten others including Akashdeep’s wife Shikha Rai and when the victim demanded for refund he was not provided with the assured services and no refund was made.
A complaint was made by the victim with the Superintendent of Police Katni and based on the complaint the case was referred to Bagh Sewania police and a case was registered against the accused.
Investigating Officer SI Rajesh Singh said that the victim was lured of several concessions and insurance and claimed that they are affiliated with life Insurance Corporation (lIC) of India. The accused assured that they would be provided with all the benefits of the insurance and along with those benefits they would be provided with several concessions like school fee concession but when the victim enquired they found all fake.
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10-11 victims of the city have lodged complaints and it is possible that the number would increase. The victims have invested the money in the past 1-2 years of period, he added.
The police have registered a case under section 420 and 34 of the IPC and have started further investigation. No arrest have been made and the accused would be searched claimed the police.