As many as ten NGOs were duped to the tune of Rs 20.5 lakh in the State capital, a case of fraud has been registered with the MP Nagar police on Wednesday.
According to the police the victim Praveen Mathur had lodged a complaint against the Vivekanand Mukherjee. In the compliant the victim had alleged that in the year 2012 he had paid Rs 20.5 lakh to Mukherjee for facilitating projects related to NGO.
In the year 2012, the victim met Mukherjee and assured him that using his contacts he could facilitate projects. After the victim was convinced he informed other NGO’s about the offer and on his guarantee they consented to pay for the projects. It was decided that each NGO has to pay an advance amount of Rs 3 lakh but the group collected only Rs 20.5 lakh and gave the amount to the victim. Keeping the promise the accused provided a work order to the victim but after the letter no further development occurred in facilitating the projects. When the accused was contacted he resorted to excuses. Feeling cheated the victim lodged a complaint with the police and during the investigation the police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.