Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 17: Crime Branch Jammu has booked a fraudster for cheating and misappropriating an amount of Rs 20 lakhs through fraudulent means.
An FIR has been registered against Kanwar Deep Sahni alias K D Sahni, son of Harveer Sahni, C/O Weldon Cello Plast Ltd 304, 3rd Floor, 9/2 East Patel Nagar, New Delhi, who misappropriated Rs 20 lakhs of the complainant by unlawful and fraudulent means.
Complainant Raj Kunwar Singh Dua of Nanak Nagar, Jammu had lodged a written complaint in Crime Branch Jammu alleging therein that the accused Kanwar Deep Sahni, who is Managing Director of Weldon Cello Plast Ltd and also deals in machinery relating to Printing and its ancillary machinery as authorized representative in India of Italy based OMET SRL Company, approached him and assured to arrange the required machinery of the aforesaid company in case the security deposit is given to him. On this assurance, the complainant transferred an amount of Rs 5 lakhs through his bank account as a security deposit. Thereafter, aforesaid deal was made at Jammu and while finalization of deal, accused was requested to return the above said security deposit. However, instead of doing so, the accused gave another proposal to the complainant being an authorized agent of Brotech Company of China and persuaded him that he would arrange another machinery of the said company and tentative cost of the said machine was Rs 24 lakhs.
Complainant, further deposited Rs 15 lakhs in the account of said accused through various transactions for purchase of Brotech company machine and machines like Plate Mounter, ANILOX cleaning machine etc. After receiving total payment of Rs 20 lakhs as advance deposit for purchase of the above said machineries, the accused did not deliver the Brotech Company machine to the complainant. Even as the complainant approached the accused and requested him to refund his deposited amount but despite of a number of reminders and verbal requests, the latter did not return the amount.
On receipt of instant complaint, a preliminary verification was conducted by Crime Branch, Jammu and during the preliminary investigations, commission of offences under section 420, 406 IPC, against said accused person were substantiated following which a formal case FIR was registered in Crime Branch Jammu and investigation initiated.
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