Two persons have been arrested for duping a businessman Rs 50 lakh while pretending to be a legal officer of an oil marketing company.
A case of forgery was lodged around one year ago and investigations were on, police said.
Station House Officer (SHO), Ganj, Raipur, Mohsin Khan informed that one Atyan Bajpayee son of Raju Bajpayee aged 27 years, a resident of and his assistant Abhay Yadav son of Harendra Yadav also aged 27 years, a resident of Panvel Navi Mumbai while pretending to be legal Officer of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation ltd (HPCl) duped `50 lakh from victim Aditya Shukla, a businessman from Station Road , Raipur.
An amount of 42 lakh was deposited in the bank in few installments, whereas Rs 8 lakh was given in cash by the victim , he informed.
Both the accused met Aditya in Raipur through a common friend and the accused took into confidence the victim Aditya Shukla who gave him a total of Rs 50 lakhs in few installments, Khan said. After having suspicion on them, he was regularly pursuing the accused but they misguided him, the SHO informed.
After the case was lodged a year ago, investigations from Ganj Police Station were on. The SHO informed that on Sunday the police succeeded in nabbing Atyan Bajpayee from Jagdalpur. Another accused who was working with Atyan, Abhay Yadav is already in Jagdalpur Jail. A case has been registered against the accused under section 420, 470, 471 and 468, the police official informed.Khan further informed that both the accused had met Atyan when he was in Mumbai few years back. Atyan was in construction business and after returning from Mumbai he was working in Jagdalpur, he added.