Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 24: Crime Branch has registered a case against Rakesh Chopra, Proprietor of J&K Marketing and Advertising and Rajesh Chopra, Proprietor of R C Constructions.
According to the FIR, a written complaint lodged by Anirudh Gupta, son of Sudershan Gupta of Gandhi Nagar, Director Futurz Study Centre Pvt. Ltd was received in the Crime Branch mentioning that Rakesh Chopra, son of K C Chopra, Proprietor of J&K Marketing and Advertising, Nanak Nagar was providing him services for advertising in electronic media etc. and was being paid regularly in cash, through cheques as well as through deposition in bank account against proper receipts.
In June 2016 Rakesh Chopra expressed his inability to provide the services on the pretext that he has winded up his operations in Jammu and accordingly the accounts were settled and towards the payment of balance amount some post dated signed cheques as security amounting to Rs 50, 000 each were provided to Rakesh Chopra with certain columns filled in by the complainant as well as the other Director of the Company Kunal Mahajan.
Out of these cheques, cheques Nos. 285116, 285117 and 285118 were dishonoured because of insufficiency of funds and the complainant also received a notice of demand but the matter was settled amicably between the parties and the amount involved was paid.
However, accused Rakesh Chopra, after some time, started blackmailing the complainant to pay him the amount which was never due to him and in furtherance of the criminal intentions he forged a cheque by inserting Number 7 prefixing the amount of Rs 50,000 thereby making a total amount of Rs 7.50 lakh. However, the same was dishonoured by the bank.
Thereafter, the accused, in league with his real brother namely Rajesh Chopra, Proprietor of R C Constructions again forged a cheque and presented the same to a bank somewhere in New Delhi but as there were no sufficient funds kept by the complainant in his account, the cheque bounced regarding which the accused lodged a complaint under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument, Act at some court in New Delhi in which the complainant was put to notice.
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