The police have registered an FIR under Section 420, 467, 468 and 506 of the IPC against Independent MLA from Meham Balraj Kundu, his brother Shivraj Kundu and their company officials Mohammad Hashim and V K Lamba on the basis of a complaint of Rs 14 crore fraud lodged by a city resident.Following the complaint, a senior police official has also confirmed the registration of the case.
The complainant, Parivartan Singh, a resident of Sector 51, has maintained that Balraj Kundu and his brother Shivraj Kundu a resident of Nirvana Country at Sector-50 and two of their company officials, who runs a construction company 'KCC Buildcon' had given him Rs 75 crore road construction work in Madhya Pradesh.
According to the complainant, after the agreement, they started work on 26 September 2017 and till September 2020, his company has completed about 55% of the work and he sent bills worth Rs 41 crore to KCC Buildcon. It is alleged that out of this, the complainant received payment of a bill of only Rs 27 crore.Later the complainant had urged MLA Balraj Kundu, his brother Shivraj Kundu, his company officer Mohammad Hashim, V K Lamba, to release the remaining payment of 14 crore several times, but they refused to pay the bill.It is alleged that the MLA used the status and power of his post to threaten the victim with dire consequences.Following this, the victim reported the matter to the police. After investigating the complaint."A case was filed on Saturday late night under relevant sections of the IPC. Future probe into the matter is on," said Surender Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Sector-50 police station.