Rajkot ghee trader cheated by TN firm

Rajkot: A ghee trader from the city was allegedly cheated of Rs 18 lakh by a private company based in Erode in Tamil Nadu, which did not make payment after procuring 3,000kg cow ghee from him.
The trader Anil Dabhi had contacted the company through an online marketing website last month following which he got a call from a woman named Pavitra, manager Zaheer and a person named Sondraj, who identified himself as the company's managing director.
After confirming the order and getting a quality certificate for the product, the company deposited Rs 1,000 in his bank account.
When the consignment reached Erode, a company executive sent him a photo of the receipt of RTGS done through Canara Bank on his Whatsapp and told him that the amount will be deposited in his account within 2-3 hours. The transport driver delivered the stock after Dabhi confirmed the receipt and left.
However, when he did not receive the payment by evening, Dabhi called up the company officials, who said that the earlier RTGS had failed and that they would make the payment the next day.
When he did not receive the payment for nearly a month, Dabhi lodged a complaint naming the trio with Thorala police station.