Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 7: Crime Branch Jammu booked Managing Director/Directors of Finance Company, Vikas Mahajan and Lokesh Mahajan both sons of Late Bal Krishan Mahajan of Gurha Bakshi Nagar, Jammu by registering a formal criminal case against them for their involvement in running fraudulent companies
These people were running M/s Samridhi Finance Limited, SK Business Corp and Mahajan Co. and after hatching criminal conspiracy duping the gullible investors by fraudulent means of their hard earned money.
A written complaint was lodged by DK Gupta, son of Late Krishan Lal Gupta of Tara Vihar Plot No. 13, Lane No. 1, Behind Soap Factory, Paloura, Jammu in Crime Branch Jammu through Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against Managing Director/ Directors of Finance Companies i.e., Samridhi Finance Limited, SK Business Corp. and Mahajan & Co., alleging therein that they are running these companies by fraudulent means and were duped of large sum of money.
The Reserve Bank of India further informed that out of three companies only M/s Samridhi Finance Ltd was previously registered with Reserve Bank of India, the company was not entitled to accept public deposits, the registration certificate of the company was subsequently cancelled. Moreover, SK Business Corporation and Mahajan & Company are not registered with the Reserve Bank of India and are not authorized by the Reserve Bank of India for accepting public deposits.
As per procedure a preliminary verification was initiated by Crime Branch Jammu. During the course of enquiry record/information was obtained from the concerned quarters and it has been prima-facie substantiated that the suspects Vikas Mahajan and Lokesh Mahajan have hatched criminal conspiracy in connivance with each other and created M/s Samridhi Finance and SK Gupta Company in order to dupe the hard earned money of the complainant for their personal wrongful gain and corresponding wrongful loss to complainant.
The omissions and commissions, therefore, on the part of Managing Directors of the above named Finance Companies prima facie, constitute offences punishable U/S 420, 120 RPC and a formal case is registered in P/S Crime Branch, Jammu against the above mentioned accused persons for in depth investigation, an official spokesman said.
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