Several people were duped for facilitating a loan of Rs 20,000 in Sudama Nagar area, a case of fraud was lodged with the Aishbagh police on Thursday.
According to the Aishbagh police, victim Mohd Ismail had given Rs 5,000 to a man, as he had assured to provide loan of Rs 20,000 under the Swarna Jayanti Swarojgar Yojana scheme of Central Government. In the complaint, Ismail has claimed that the accused Mohd Shahid, his wife Shaheda and their sons Raja and Sarwar had promised him that they could facilitate loan as they have contacts in the concerned department but the officer had to be paid in return of facilitating the loan.
The victim has confirmed that there are more victims who have been duped by the accused. The accused and victim are residents of Sudama Nagar. The accused assured the victims and collected Rs 5,000. To gain confidence of the victim the application form of the Swarna Jayanti Swarojgar Yojana was duly filled by the accused and other required documents for availing the loan were also collected.
A copy of ration card and cancelled cheques signed by the victim were also collected in the month of September, 2013 the victim has provided the money and the documents but after three months when the victim did not received the loan they contacted accused but every time they resorted to different excuses after which the victim lodged a complaint with the police. The police have registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.