The Byculla police Saturday booked 4 individuals of a ship constructing firm for allegedly duping a Sewri-based firm of Rs 1.90 crore. The accused firm allegedly accepted cash from the complainant firm and neither constructed the boat for them nor did return their cash.
The police registered an FIR towards Jaychandra Sonu, Salaja Kumari Laxmi, Prasanna Shivanandan and Pradhish Menon of MCML firm on the grievance of Ajay Kundaliya, 50, director SKSL firm, which has an workplace in Mazgaon.
Based on the grievance, the accused firm was constructing a ship for the complainant firm. However, seeing no important progress in processing the order, when a consultant from the complainant firm checked the progress with the accused firm, he was informed that the delay was as a consequence of delay within the cost.
Following this the complainant despatched cash to the MCML firm.
After this, the MCML firm on October 18, 2023, by means of an e-mail to the complainant firm, knowledgeable them that their firm’s yard had been shifted to Cochin, and that the boat could be delivered to them in two months.
To assist their declare, the accused firm additionally despatched footage of boat constructing work below progress, a police supply mentioned. After a while, the complainant firm despatched its consultant Vishal Kundaliya to Cochin to examine on the progress of the constructing of the boat.
In Cochin, Vishal found that the MCML firm had not accomplished any work concerning constructing a ship. When Vishal met the proprietor of the yard he too confirmed that no work associated to boat constructing was commenced there, the supply added.
That is when the complainant firm realised {that a} bogus picture was despatched to them to make them consider that the ordered boat was being constructed. One of many administrators of the complainant firm then visited Cochin for additional investigation and found that the accused firm faked every thing in regards to the deal they usually have been defrauded.
The complainant firm said within the police grievance that the accused firm took Rs 1.90 crore between April 2, 2023 and October 18, 2023 within the title of constructing the boat.
After ready for just a few months and hoping that the accused might return the fraudulently obtained cash, the complainant lastly approached the police and lodged a grievance.
After the zonal deputy commissioner of police’s approval a case was registered on the Byculla police station on Saturday towards the 4 individuals of the accused firm. The police have booked them below sections 420 (dishonest), 406 (legal breach of belief) and 34 (frequent intention) of the IPC and additional investigating the case, mentioned one other police supply.
