Dry fruit trader booked for Rs 7.18 crore fraud

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 30

A caretaker in Maharashtra overseeing three Afghanistan-based dry fruit companies has accused a Ludhiana-based dry fruit trader of committing a fraud amounting to Rs 7.18 crore. The police have booked the suspect, Bhagatpreet Singh, from Guru Harkrishan Nagar, Khanna, in Ludhiana district.

Danish Irfan Aaga from Mumbai filed a complaint with the Ludhiana police against the suspect for not making payments after purchasing dry fruits worth Rs 7.18 crore from him.

He stated that he was the caretaker of three dry fruit companies — TAK Dry Fruit Company, Afghanistan, Najeb Amin Limited, Afghanistan, and NOOR Ahmad Baher Ahmad Limited — in India.

Danish alleged that the suspect had purchased dry fruits in large quantities from him but did not release the payments later.

He further alleged that the trader fabricated a fake message, falsely stating that the payment had been made through a bank. However, the message was later found to be fake when the complainant contacted bank officials. In this manner, he committed the fraud, he alleged.

ASI Rajesh Kumar is currently investigating the case. He mentioned that the complainant alleged that the suspect had previously ordered dry fruits worth crores of rupees from the companies near Diwali. The complainant had filed a complaint with the Commissioner of Police in this regard. A case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) had been registered against him at the Sarabha Nagar police station.

The ASI stated that efforts were on to arrest the man.

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