The Khandagiri police on Saturday registered another cheating case against three directors of the Air Odisha Aviation Private limited (AOAPl), a charter air company, for allegedly duping a city-based jeweller of Rs 1.5 crore.
The Khandagiri police, which had earlier reportedly refuse to receive the complaint, registered the case after the jeweller Mitesh Khimiji had moved the Bhubaneswar SDJM Court recently. He has alleged that the airliner cheated him after promising to give 40 per cent of its shares in return to his investment of Rs 1.5 crore.
He has named Air Odisha CMD Radhakanta Pani and its two other directors Ashutosh Pani and Santosh Pani as accused in the case.
Acting on the petition, the court had directed the Khandagiri police to register a case against the company and its directors under Sections 406, 417 and 420, 506 and 120 (B) (conspiracy) of IPC and investigate the matter, sources said.
On March 25 too, BJP MlA Dilip Ray’s son Sandip Ray had lodged a complaint at the Khandagiri police against the Air Odisha accusing it of embezzling his investment of Rs 40 lakh.