Crime branch arrested accused who cheated Rs 100 crore by luring victims in the name of doubling agricultural income by selling the farmers a fake scheme of fish farming.
Dharmendra Thakur, Prahlad Sharma and Manoj Katare residents used to identify themselves as operators amd promoters of Bhopal Fish Fortune Production Company, MP.
The head office of all these was in Citywalk Mall, Second Floor, Halalpura Lalghati Bhopal, which was in the name of accused Shubham Sharma, son of accused Prahlad Sharma.
For several months, the accused was hiding in Goa, Delhi and other states and was cutting absconding.
The victim Kapil Dubey and other farmers were cheated by the operator of Fish Fortune Production Company Gurgaon, Bijendra Kashyap and his assistant directors and promoters Dharmendra Thakur, Prahlad Sharma and Manoj Katare have been committing fraud and criminal conspiracy since August 2019.
The accused in the case, Brijendra Kashyap and Vinay Sharma have been arrested by the Crime Branch Bhopal in the past. The absconding accused Prahlad Sharma was caught by the crime branch team from Kohefiza area on the information of the informer. On the basis of the interrogation of the accused and the documentary evidence, the accused Prahlad Sharma and his son Shubham Sharma had deposited about Rs 84 lakh in their accounts by promising benefits to the innocent farmers.
The accused would sell scheme to the farmers that the land available with you will be used by them for fish farming on the contract basis, which requires half an acre or one acre of land.
The company will give 30 installments i.e. Rs 37,500 per month to the farmers after deducting TDS and other expenses for 15 months. The company will give lease amount of Rs 37,500 to the farmer for fish farming in thirty installments. Nabbed accused are Prahlad Sharma and Shubham Sharma.