Two fraudsters, who duped an Oil trader of 1,500 litres of soya bean oil, were successfully nabbed by Chola Mandir police and recovered around 280 litres of soya bean oil, mobile phone and Rs21,000 in cash.
According to the police, the accused Virendra Mishra and Radheshyam Sahu who were involved in duping an oil trader of 1,500 litres soya bean oil on March 3 were nabbed from near a marriage hall at Shiv Nagar.
During the investigation, Virendra Mishra confessed to the crime and told that he placed an order of around 1,500 litres of soya bean oil and after confirming the order the victim Mahesh Kumar Datani dispatched the decided quantity of oil at a closed shop at Bhanpur square and after the oil was unloaded for making payment Mishra accompanied the van driver till Karond square and on the pretxt of bringing money for payment escaped leaving the loading auto and the driver.
After waiting for long the driver searched for the accused but failed to find him and the oil unloaded at Bhanpur square and informed the victim about the incident.
A police complaint was lodge and during the investigation police received the information about a person selling Soyabean oil. After the person was detained the whole secret was revealed.
The detained person was identified as Radheshyam and he confirmed that along with Mishra he duped Datani. He bought the oil at Rs60,000 from Mishra and as the oil was duped from a oil trader he was told to sell the oil after unpacking it.
Sahu also arranged the transport of the oil from Bhanpur square to his shop on the day of incidence.