A case of cheating involving Rs 15 lakh was registered against a beauty product manufacturing company based in Maharashtra with Tikarapara police station on Friday.
According to police the case has been registered against Kelvin Edward owner Calvin Ind. a company producing Ayurvedic Beauty Products based in Sikoli Bhandara, Maharashtra. The complainant in the case is a retired bank official who had given Rs 15 lakh cash to the company for becoming super stockiest of Chhattisgarh-Odisha area for the beauty produced manufactured by company. Police said the complainant Dulalchand Devnath (61) resident of Ratan Vihar Devpuri Tikarapara has lodged report in this connection. “The complainant last year made a contract with the company for becoming super stockiest of the beauty products manufactured by the company. Devnath had paid Rs 15 lakh cash and made a contract with the company. The company after making the contract supplied its products for 1 or 2 months but later it discontinued the supply,” said officer investigating the case. The daughter of complainant runs a beauty parlor and while purchasing beauty products for her beauty parlor Devnath came in contact with the company.
According to agreement made by company if the company discontinued the product supply then it will have to return the amount along with 18 per cent interest, however the company never paid back any amount to Devnath, said investigating officer going by the report lodged by complainant.
Tikarapara police has registered a case against the company under the Section 420 of Indian Penal Code.