Jagran correspondent, Kanpur. Kotwali police has registered another report against master thug Ravindranath Soni, his associates Suraj Jumani and Gurneet Kaur in the case of cheating of Rs 98 lakh from a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) living in Dubai.
This time this report has been registered on zero crime number, which will be transferred to the concerned police station located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Manikandan Rajagopal, a resident of Madanamkuppam Road, Kolathur area of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, told in the complaint lodged at the Kotwali police station that in the year 2022, Gurneet Kaur called him and promised to invest in a blue chip commercial broker company. In the name of investment, they were lured with 1.5 percent dividend every month.
He initially invested 36,700 dirhams (Rs 8.97 lakh) which he got back with profits after some time. When their confidence increased, the accused assured them of higher profits and promised three to four percent returns.
Falling into the trap, Manikandan invested Rs 98.44 lakh in two attempts. After a few days, it was found that the accused had absconded after locking the company office. Manikandan told that he reached here after getting information from internet media that Kanpur Police has arrested Rabindranath Soni.
ACP Kotwali Ashutosh Singh said that since the case is related to another state, a report has been registered on zero crime number, which will be transferred to the police station located in the victim's home district. After this, the police of the concerned police station will investigate the matter.
Report will be sent to ED
According to officials, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had sought complete information related to this fraud case. Its report has been prepared, which will be sent to ED by Monday after the permission of Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal. After this, if ED demands documents then they will be made available.