Man arrested with son and daughter-in-law in cheating case
Man arrested with son and daughter-in-law in cheating case
This family is one of a kind. Delhi police have arrested Ram Kumar Gupta (68), his son Lalit Gupta (38) and daughter-in-law Rajini Gupta (34) for cheating various companies in West Bengal of sums amounting to Rs 87 crore in total.
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"A complaint had been received by the anti-cheating section of the Economic Offences Wing of Kolkata police from Vikrany Steels Ltd, alleging that Ram Kumar Gupta and Lalit Gupta of a company called Haryana Electricals bought TMT rods worth Rs 67 lakh and gave them a cheque of Rs 48 lakh as part of the payment. But they suddenly closed their bank account before the transaction could be made."
"A case was registered and during investigations, the West Bengal police found that these people had been accused of cheating in several other cases in the state. The West Bengal police team raided on their residence on May 12 but the accused family assaulted the policemen and escaped," said a Delhi police officer.
After this incident, a case under sections 224, 225, 186, 353 and 34 of the IPC were lodged at the Model Town police station. And Delhi police started investigating this matter.
"Our Special Operation Squad of the Crime Branch received information that the accused were hiding near Shakti Nagar Chowk in Delhi. The police team apprehended the culprits on location and arrested all three of them."
"During the interrogation, Ram Kumar revealed that they were engaged in the iron trade since 2004 and had their own firm by the name of Haryana Electricals. They projected themselves as big merchants and purchased TMT bars from different traders of Kolkata. Then they would sell these bars to other dealers in the NCR region.
They would issue cheques to pay the amount but the account was closed before the transaction of money. With this modus operandi the family had cheated several companies in West Bengal," the officer added.
The police claim to have worked out 5 cases of cheating while 13 cases against the family are pending in different courts.
| CRIME DOESN'T PAY |
| The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police's Crime Branch detained Karnataka Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Santosh Lad and brought him to Delhi on June 24 in a matter of a pending criminal case. The police said the Sahar Airport Police detained Lad on Thursday and later handed him over to Delhi Police. Police said immigration officials at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport nabbed him. Lad was on his way to Dubai when he was detained after a look out circular against him was issued by the Delhi police. The MLA represents the Kalaghatgi constituency in Dharwad District and belongs to the Congress party. The Delhi Police wanted him in connection with a cheating case. Additional Commissioner of Police (West region) Amitabh Gupta said the Delhi Police were informed about Lad's detention and a team is expected to go to Mumbai to take Lad's custody. "We would hand over Lad to the Delhi police team shortly," he added. A police officer from Sahar police station said a real estate company operating in the National Capital Region (NCR) had filed a case of cheating against Lad. |
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