GURUGRAM: The director of a Manesar-based corporate hospitality company has approached police, saying he was cheated of Rs 2.25 crore over a sandmining contract on the UP-MP border by a man who identified himself as the brother of former Samajwadi Party MLA from Jhansi Deepak Yadav.
Vineer Kumar Syal, director of Laurent and Benon Management, said that he was introduced to Charan Singh and his wife, Anupama Yadav, in Manesar in July 2015 by Sudhir Sharma, a friend. Singh was allegedly looking to do business in a joint venture mode.
"Singh claimed to be a businessman having a strong political background as his brother, Deepak Yadav, was the Jhansi MLA from Samajwadi Party. He claimed he had high political connections," Syal told the police. An FIR was registered at the IMT Manesar police station.
Syal said that he bought into Singh's plan after he was introduced to the entire family. Singh and his wife took Syal to MP and showed off their properties which included many hotels, some of which were on the airport road.
On August 2, 2015, when the complainant met them again at IMT Manesar, Singh allegedly said he had procured the e-tender of a sand mine in Fatehpur in Chattarpur district in MP for Rs 10 crore and 5 lakh. On August 7, 2015, the two met again and Singh showed Syal a letter from the mining department and offered him a 12.5% share in business, to which Syal agreed.
"He told me that he is applying for environmental clearance from the MP government and obtaining a NOC and other permissions involved some more expenses. He demanded money for getting these activities done," Syal said. In the coming months, several meetings took place between the two.
Syal allegedly wired Rs 25 lakh to Singh in August 2015 and made payments for his son's studies in a private school in Gurgaon, which was supposed to be adjusted in his share. He also made several other payments.
In April or May 2016, Singh allegedly started demanding more money for getting the NOC. When Syal refused to pay, Yadav and Singh gave him a rejection letter issued by MPSEIIA, an environment impact assessment authority, saying the NOC had been rejected and led to huge losses in the business.
"On June 7, 2016, we came to know that MPSEIIA had not rejected the NOC but given it to M/S Sarc Infracon India limited. The letter given by Mrs and Mr Charan Singh was forged and fabricated to mislead us to withdraw our share from the business, as the sand mine was about to start ," Syal told police.
Syal added that he obtained a copy of the NOC after posting an RTI query as the department officials were not ready to give any information. However, when Syal asked Singh to return his money, he refused.
An FIR was registered at IMT Manesar police station under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using a genuine as fraud) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. SHO Narender Yadav said that the investigation would commence soon.
Vineer Kumar Syal, director of Laurent and Benon Management, said that he was introduced to Charan Singh and his wife, Anupama Yadav, in Manesar in July 2015 by Sudhir Sharma, a friend. Singh was allegedly looking to do business in a joint venture mode.
"Singh claimed to be a businessman having a strong political background as his brother, Deepak Yadav, was the Jhansi MLA from Samajwadi Party. He claimed he had high political connections," Syal told the police. An FIR was registered at the IMT Manesar police station.
Syal said that he bought into Singh's plan after he was introduced to the entire family. Singh and his wife took Syal to MP and showed off their properties which included many hotels, some of which were on the airport road.
On August 2, 2015, when the complainant met them again at IMT Manesar, Singh allegedly said he had procured the e-tender of a sand mine in Fatehpur in Chattarpur district in MP for Rs 10 crore and 5 lakh. On August 7, 2015, the two met again and Singh showed Syal a letter from the mining department and offered him a 12.5% share in business, to which Syal agreed.
"He told me that he is applying for environmental clearance from the MP government and obtaining a NOC and other permissions involved some more expenses. He demanded money for getting these activities done," Syal said. In the coming months, several meetings took place between the two.
Syal allegedly wired Rs 25 lakh to Singh in August 2015 and made payments for his son's studies in a private school in Gurgaon, which was supposed to be adjusted in his share. He also made several other payments.
In April or May 2016, Singh allegedly started demanding more money for getting the NOC. When Syal refused to pay, Yadav and Singh gave him a rejection letter issued by MPSEIIA, an environment impact assessment authority, saying the NOC had been rejected and led to huge losses in the business.
"On June 7, 2016, we came to know that MPSEIIA had not rejected the NOC but given it to M/S Sarc Infracon India limited. The letter given by Mrs and Mr Charan Singh was forged and fabricated to mislead us to withdraw our share from the business, as the sand mine was about to start ," Syal told police.
Syal added that he obtained a copy of the NOC after posting an RTI query as the department officials were not ready to give any information. However, when Syal asked Singh to return his money, he refused.
An FIR was registered at IMT Manesar police station under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using a genuine as fraud) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. SHO Narender Yadav said that the investigation would commence soon.
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