Two partners siphon off Rs 2cr from realty firm’s account

Vadodara: Two partners of a construction firm were booked at Manjalpur police station for cheating on Tuesday as they allegedly siphoned off Rs 1.8 crore which were to be deposited in the firm’s bank account.
Manoj Rajput, one of the firm’s partners, lodged the complaint against Soma Prajapati and his son-in-law Bharat Prajapati and told police that the two accused were given power of attorney for a parcel of land in Vadsar to facilitate the duo to represent eight other partners of the firm before the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL).
According to police, a part of that land parcel was being acquired by the government for the ambitious bullet train project.
“There are 10 partners of the firm and it is not possible for all of them to remain present before NHRCL as one of them lives in USA, they had decided to give power of attorney to the two accused,” a police official said.
In March last year, they got 80% money of the total compensation of Rs 2.2 crore.
However, seeing the amount of compensation the duo turned greedy and did not transfer the amount in the firm’s account.