Oil trader duped of Rs 11.58 lakh

Pune, Oct 18 – A trader from Chikhali was cheated of Rs 11.58 lakh by a Delhi-based trading firm which allegedly failed to keep its promise to deliver an oil consignment after taking the payment.

 

A complaint has been lodged by Rajkumar Pawar (31) of Chikhali with the Nigdi police. Inspector of the Nigdi police station P N Supekar said in July 2012, Pawar had received phone calls and e-mails from a Delhi-based trading firm regarding oil used to manufacture drugs for animals. "The caller had told Pawar to invest in the oil to earn handsome profits," Supekar said.

 

The caller sent a sample which Pawar sent to prospective buyers. "When he got a clearance from the buyers, he placed an order worth Rs 35 lakh," he said.

 

The firm asked Pawar to deposit the cash in different bank accounts in Mumbai. Pawar deposited Rs 11.58 lakh cash in two bank accounts in Vile Parle and Dahisar in Mumbai. "When he did not receive the consignment by the due date, he called the firm which ignoring them," Supekar said.

 

Supekar said Pawar has submitted an application to the cyber crime cell of the city police on Tuesday. "The investigations have revealed that the bank accounts, where Pawar had deposited the money, were bogus and the suspects were operating them under fake names," he said.

 

They had already withdrawn the cash from these accounts. "We have registered a case against the suspects under section 420 (cheating) and relevant sections of the Information and Technology Act," Supekar said.

 

Source: TOI