An electronic shop owner was duped to the tune of Rs4 lakh by handing over fake demand draft in MP Nagar; a case of fraud has been registered by the MP Nagar police. According to the police, owner of Comfort lG showroom Jagdish Ramtani was duped by a fraudster by providing fake Demand Draft on March 25 and when the victim deposited the demand draft it was found fake by the bank. Initially, the victim tried to search for the accused but later lodged a complaint with the MP Nagar police on Saturday after he failed to find the accused. Investigating Officer SI Santosh Dube said that on March 25 a person posing as engineer in Railways and posted at Vidisha visited his shop and enquired about 12 lED TV sets. later, he contacted and told the quotation has been accepted and would send demand draft for goods.
On April 1, on his instructions, a loading auto rickshaw arrived at the shop and took the 12 lED TV sets by handing over demand draft of the whole amount. During the investigation, it was found that the accused had hired the auto rickshaw to deliver goods in Vidisha and arranged another vehicle to deliver the same goods in Gwalior the drivers were traced and questioned but they were not involved. From Gwalior, the offender managed to escape with the goods as the driver who delivered goods from Vidisha to Gwalior was not able to provide the registration number of the vehicle, he added. The police have registered a case under section 420, 467 and 468 of the IPC and have started further investigation.