On the pretext of facilitating a project through School Education Minister Archana Chitnis, a NGO manager was duped to the tune of Rs 3 lakh in the State capital, a case of fraud has been registered in the MP Nagar police station in connection to the fraud.
Police said that the victim Shankar Johri of Chhindwara met the accused Mukesh Verma of Itarsi few months ago. Verma told Johri that he has contacts with the School Education Minister and could get him Bridge Course Project (for school dropouts) worth Rs 30 lakh but for that Johri has to pay a commission of 10 per cent which he acceded.
In the month of January 2012 the victim paid Rs 3 lakh but when he was not awarded the project he demanded refund but the accused resorted to various excuses after which the victim lodged a complaint with the police. However, School Education Minister Archana Chitnis expressed ignorance about the issue and told that she asked the Superintendent of Police to update her about the matter. The case was registered in Chhindwara but was transferred to Bhopal as the transactions were done in Milan restaurant at Bhopal.
The police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
A woman was duped to the tune of Rs 74 lakh in the State capital. According to the MP Nagar police the complainant Sunita Singh lodged a complaint of fraud against her brother Prakash Singh.
Sunita alleged that the accused has given two cheques earlier in the second week of April. The two cheques were worth Rs 10 lakh and Rs 64 lakh of UCO Bank and SBI Bank respectively.