Bhopal

Spike in incidence of fraud: Three duped of Rs70 l

PNS

Three people have been duped of Rs70 lakh in incidents that took place in Jaindraganj, Bahodapur and Jhansi Road police station areas. According to the Bahodapur police, the manager of Naveen Oriental transport in Transport Nagar, Vikas Saxena lodged a report at the police station that he has a contract with JK Tyre Company. Two weeks ago, Sapna transport had sent 240 tyre tubes of JK Tyre Company from Banmore to Pithampur by truck bearing registration number MP-07-GA-3614. The truck drivers Ram Singh alias Ashok and Vijay Jatav had taken the truck but they did not reach the destination for a long time which initiated an enquiry. During the search, the truck was found in Vyawara, but  tyres worth Rs11.33 lakh had disappeared. The police has registered a case against both the drivers and has started investigation. In Jhansi Road police station, Kishor Kumar Bhadauria of Manik Vilas Colony had complained that two of his relatives had purchased three plots two years ago. They had paid Rs40 lakh as the cost of the plots. However, at the time of registration it was known that the plots were not registered in the registrar's office.

When the complainant demanded his money back the accused gave him a cheque of Rs25 lakh which bounced. The police registered the case on the report of the complainant against the accused under section 420, 466, 467, 471 and 34.Meera Shivhare living on Nai Sarak under Jaindraganj police station reported that Nipun Joshi S/o VK Joshi of ludhiana had taken Rs18 lakh from her two years ago on the pretext of giving them profit. But when the complainant demanded the money back he paid Rs8 lakh in cash and gave cheques worth Rs10 lakh which bounced. When the police conducted enquiry in the case the accused was found absconding. The police registered the case and started investigation.