The Sahadevkhunta Model police station has begun investigation into a scam after several agents of a fake company alleged that they were duped to the tune over Rs 50 lakh.
The police have sealed the firm’s office at Bhaskarganj-II. When police reached the office, they found it to have been deserted and locked.
According to the the agents, they had joined the company opened under name and title ‘National Port Private Limited’ after finding an advertisement in newspapers which invited recruitment of
agents for promotion of company.
It was told to them by the company that they would be collecting money from the investors and the same would be invested in port developments in Kolkata and Visakhapatnam and profit would be returned to them through dividends.
Accordingly, the agents from Baleswar, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj while joined, they were offered Rs 16,000 salary per month each and in addition 2 per cent incentive against their deposits( daily collection and daily deposit).
They were depositing the collection amount by 10 am and the incentive (2 per cent of their deposit) was credited into their account by 3 pm every day through on line transfer . The office while operated from a private rented house since July 9 from Bhaskarganj-II area under the Sahadevkhunta police station ,more and more investors fell in the trap of the fraudsters.
On Tuesday afternoon, while they went to office after not finding their incentive amount deposited in their accounts, they found no one and instead it was locked .
According to sources , the fraud company had recruited about 25 young men and women from Baleswar, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj after alluring them through lucrative promises , similar to ponzi scam.
During a short period, the company has siphoned several lakhs of rupees from the investors through agents which is estimated to be over Rs 50 lakh.
The complainants alleged that the founding member of the company while stated to them as Nilesh Kulkarni of Maharashtra, the branch head here was Sudesh Ghosh of Kolkata.
While they don’t have much details about the company promoters and officials, they gave mobile phone numbers of some officials to police.