Two booked for forging cycle firm letterhead to dupe Gurgaon company

Ludhiana: The police booked two South Delhi residents for cheating and forgery on Sunday. The accused, Santosh Kumar and Raj, had forged the letterhead of Avon Cycles Private Limited to lure a Gurgaon company for a work contract.
Balwinder Singh, general manager of Avon Cycles, GT Road, said in his police complaint, “Impersonating as representatives of Avon Cycles, the accused approached the staff of a Gurgaon company, Batx Energies Private Limited, in Delhi in January. The accused claimed that they are associated with Avon Cycles through a mediator and can help them in getting a big contract. And for it, they demanded a share. They also had a letterhead of Avon Cycles and addressed a letter to Batx Energies along with some payment vouchers. However, the staff took pictures of the documents they produced for verification.”
The staff shared the documents with the CEO, who asked the company advocate to verify those. “The Gurgaon company’s advocate contacted the lawyer of Avon Cycles. During checking, it was found that Avon Cycles had never issued any such letter or payment voucher to the company,” he added.
A complaint was lodged with the Ludhiana police on February 24.
Additional deputy commissioner of police (crime) Rupinder Kaur Bhatti said, “The police had tried to contact the accused, Santosh and Raj. But they switched off their cellphones and escaped. It was found during probe that the two had forged the letterhead of Avon Cycles to lure the Gurgaon company. The case has been registered under section 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating), 465 (punishment for forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the IPC.