Garment dealer duped of Rs48.19L by gang
TNN | Feb 3, 2019, 05:36 IST
Nagpur: A gang from Tamil Nadu and its agent in the city have allegedly duped readymade garment dealer Dinesh Ahuja of more than Rs48.19 lakh. An offence was registered against them at Tehsil police station on Friday.
One of the racketeers, Ravishankar Shanmugam, has been already arrested from Tamil Nadu by police. Apart from Ahuja, the gang has also allegedly duped a few more readymade garment dealers in the city. Sources in Tehsil police station said this was the second offence registered against the racketeers.
Ahuja, who owns a garment shop at Deodhar Mohalla near Bajirao Lane, was approached by the gang through their agent Ramsingh Soda, a native of Bikaner in Rajasthan. Soda acted as an agent between the gang and Ahuja. Police have also made Soda an accused in the case, but are yet to arrest him.
Police said Soda introduced the gang to Ahuja in September 2017. The gang offered fake visiting cards to Ahuja by posing as owners of a garment dealing company to gain his confidence.
Presuming to be genuine dealers, Ahuja delivered materials for readymade garments to the gang, also comprising Mohona Sundaram, T Babu and Rajkutti Murli. The trio too has been booked but not arrested yet.
Police said the gang would initially make some payments against deliveries but start delaying it. Later, they started defaulting. The gang would start avoiding the victims, in this case Ahuja.
Ahuja tried to seek payments against the deliveries till earlier this month before realizing the modus operandi of the gang, who would sell such material to another readymade garment trader at lower price.
One of the racketeers, Ravishankar Shanmugam, has been already arrested from Tamil Nadu by police. Apart from Ahuja, the gang has also allegedly duped a few more readymade garment dealers in the city. Sources in Tehsil police station said this was the second offence registered against the racketeers.
Ahuja, who owns a garment shop at Deodhar Mohalla near Bajirao Lane, was approached by the gang through their agent Ramsingh Soda, a native of Bikaner in Rajasthan. Soda acted as an agent between the gang and Ahuja. Police have also made Soda an accused in the case, but are yet to arrest him.
Police said Soda introduced the gang to Ahuja in September 2017. The gang offered fake visiting cards to Ahuja by posing as owners of a garment dealing company to gain his confidence.
Presuming to be genuine dealers, Ahuja delivered materials for readymade garments to the gang, also comprising Mohona Sundaram, T Babu and Rajkutti Murli. The trio too has been booked but not arrested yet.
Police said the gang would initially make some payments against deliveries but start delaying it. Later, they started defaulting. The gang would start avoiding the victims, in this case Ahuja.
Ahuja tried to seek payments against the deliveries till earlier this month before realizing the modus operandi of the gang, who would sell such material to another readymade garment trader at lower price.
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