Habibganj police have booked four persons including two women for duping their business partner to the tune of ` 1.10 crore; a case was registered on Thursday after the victim lodged complaint regarding the fraud.
According to the police, the victim Deepesh Asnani was duped by Dhruvraj Sharma, his wife Kiran Sharma, Satyavarth Satpathy and his wife Rajshree Satpathy by transferring `1.10 crore of Deepesh deposited by him after creating two firms SS Minerals and SS Mining in partnership with the accused.
After the agreement was signed the victim transferred `1.10 crore in the firm’s account which was transferred to different bank accounts by the accused.
CSP Habibganj CM Dwivedi said that the according to the agreement the victim was 50 percent partner in the firm SS Minerals and SS Mining but later the accused issued notice of his removal from the company and refused to refund the money.
At the time of the agreement it was agree that the victim and any one of the accused would be the authorized signatory for any transactions from the bank account but money was withdrawn without informing the victim.
The victim has also claimed that the accused have misled him as they were burdened with four times of the debt provided earlier, he added.
The victim has provided documents regarding his claim of fraud. The documents would be checked and the accused would be questioned. After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 420, 467 and 468 of the IPC and have started further investigation.