On the pretext of doubling money, a 35-year-old man was duped to the tune of Rs2.5 lakh in Khanugoan under Koh-e-Fiza police station area. A case of fraud was registered by Koh-e-Fiza police against Mukesh Yadav, Mehboob Khan and Jyoti Jaat, who cheated scores of people in the name of returning twice the amount invested.
Aslam Khan of Khanugaon has lodged a complaint with the Koh-e-Fiza police regarding fraud of Rs2.5 lakh. Khan was duped by the miscreants promising to double the money. Victim Aslam Khan came into contact with Jyoti Jaat, who assured that their investment company would double his investment in a year and later, Aslam invested around Rs2.5 lakh in February 2014 and was provided with the cheque of double the amount of investment.
The victim came to know about the fraud when the cheque provided by the accused bounced after he deposited the cheque few days ago and when he went to check the office of the accused, it was found locked.
A complaint was lodged by the victim with the Koh-e-Fiza police. Police said that no arrests have been made in the case and search for the miscreants would be done after the investigation. During the investigation, it was found that the accused have duped several people, but the exact number could not be provided as other complainants have not lodged a complaint. The police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Mukesh Yadav hails from Narsingarh and Mehbood lives in the city. Police are not able to provide details of the third accused Jyoti.