Misrod police booked three persons for duping a transport service operator to the tune of R`2.48 lakh; victim provided the money as advance payment for purchasing a truck.
According to the victim Farhan Khan of Gandhi Nagar has provided `2.48 lakh to the three accused who were identified as Rakesh Dutta, Govind Suryavanshi and Nikunj Bhardwaj.
Police said that the victim in his complaint claimed that after the deal was done it was decided that the victim would pay `2.5 lakh as advance payment and remaining payment would be done after the truck would be provided to the victim. The victim provided the money on May 3, 2016 but later when he asked the three to provide the truck the miscreants resorted to excuses and later they refused to return the advance payment after which the victim lodged a complaint with the police.
In the initial investigation police found that the three accused showed a truck parked at the yard of Shri Ram Finance at 11 Mile area in Misrod. The accused told the victim that the truck has been seized and is available for `4 lakh but the victim was not aware that the three were not employee of Shri Ram Finance or have any link with the company. Based on the complaint the police have registered a case under section 420 and 34 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The details of the three would be searched as the victim was not aware of the details of three accused and had provided names of three and it is possible that the names provided by the accused would be fake said police.