A 35-year old man was arrested for duping a woman to the tune of Rs50,000 in the name of facilitating loan; a case of fraud was registered by the TT Nagar police on Saturday.
According to the police, the accused Ramendra Thakur was nabbed by police after the victim Kritika Sahu lodged a complaint of fraud against the accused.
The victim in her complaint claimed that she required money and after spotting advertisement of loan she contacted on the phone number provided in the advertisement where Ramendra Thakur came into contact who asked Rs50000 for availing loan as she was in urgent need of money she provided money to the accused in the month of May last year and later he used to escape with excuses when the victim used to ask for the loan and the money provided by the victim was not refunded and he went missing.
later victim’s husband Sourabh contacted the accused and asked him to avail loan and when the accused came to provide the details he was nabbed by the police.
The police have registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Meanwhile, another case of fraud was reported in Ashok Garden area where a trader was duped to the tune of Rs90000; cement bags were loaded by transporter but were never delivered in Bareli in Raisen district last year.
According to the police, the victim Rakesh Sahu booked cement bags worth Rs90000 from godown of Ultratech cement at JK Road for delivery at his shop in Bareli in Raisen district through laxmi Transport at Navbahar Sabzi Mandi but the bags were never delivered.
The victim claimed that Ganesh Prasad Sharma who operates the transport initially told him that the truck broke down but later after several calls and complaints the goods were not delivered.
The police have registered a case under Section 406 of the IPC and have started further investigation.