Fraudster who duped a city based hotel owner to the tune of Rs2.30 lakh by overwriting a cheque of Rs1100 at Hamidia road on September 13 was nabbed from Mumbai by the district police.
On September 9 the victim Vinod Dutta had given a cheque of Rs1100 to the accused on September 9 which was encashed on September 13 and the victim was shocked to find that around Rs2.30 lakh were withdrawn instead of Rs1100.
When the victim reached to check the details in his bank account, he found that the cheque amounting to Rs1100 was given to Arvind Kumar of First Impression Enterprises few days ago, but it was encashed for Rs2.30 lakh.
After the victim lodged a complaint with the Magalwara police the police registered a case under Section 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC and in further investigation the accused was nabbed from Mumbai. The accused has been identified as Hayat Shoukat of Jammu and Kashmir.
CSP Hanumanganj Navratan Singh told that in the investigation around 3-4 addresses were found which would be verified in the investigation. Based on the documents recovered in the investigation these addresses would be searched as there are possibilities of these addresses as fake. The accused used to introduce himself as salesperson of a Mumbai based company which manufactures toiletries for hotels and restaurants.
Police said that the accused has cheated people in Hanumanj, Aishbagh and Managlwara area. The accused has cheated people in other cities also it is possible that more thefts would be revealed in the further investigation.
Accused has been sent under police custody till September 29. Victim owns Shalimar deluxe hotel at Hamidia road and used to purchase toiletries from the accused.