Cops told to book 5 for cheating man of Rs 1 crore

Vadodara: The court of additional chief judicial magistrate D J Parmar has directed the Vadodara rural police to register an FIR against five persons for cheating a Bhayli resident of more than Rs 1 crore under the pretext of giving him a job.
Complainant Nagesh Ghughardare approached the court earlier this month after Vadodara taluka police station did not register his FIR despite him filing a complaint last month.
In his complaint Ghughardare stated that he received a random email from ‘La Manpower Services’ which promised him a job with Rs 1.4 lakh salary and incentives. When Ghughardare showed readiness, he was contacted by a man named Joseph D’Souza who asked him to pay money citing various reasons. Within a short span Ghughardare ended up paying Rs 1 crore in bank accounts of three other accused Nilofar Baig, Bhushan Kamble and Sajjad Baig.
The victim was told the amount will be refunded once he gets the job.
On December 12 last year, Ghughardare was contacted by another accused Rohan Mane to inform that his application for the job has been rejected. However, four days later he again received an email from D’Souza asking him to pay Rs 15 lakh for verification purpose. Ghughardare then asked D’Souza to refund the entire amount that he had paid so far. But when he was asked for some time, the complainant became suspicious and went to meet P J Kharsan, senior sub-inspector of Vadodara taluka police station.
Ghughardare was asked to wait for some days, but when the money was not refunded till February, he submitted an application with the police to register an offence on February 7. For over a month the police did not not take any action forcing Ghughardare to move court.
The court on March 12, asked the police to register an FIR and investigate the case in accordance with the law. However, till late Saturday evening, police did not register any case in this regard.