A 50-year-old Singapore resident was arrested from Ahmedabad airport by the Mumbai police for his alleged function in duping a South Mumbai-based agency to the tune of Rs 3.5 crore.
In response to the Azad Maidan police, the accused, together with a Jakarta primarily based particular person, cheated the complainant by taking the fee for bronze and copper and delivered cement as a substitute. A look out circular was issued and he was caught on Tuesday after he landed in Ahmedabad.
The incident of dishonest occurred between February 20, 2019, and June 11, 2019, an officer mentioned, including, “The 40-year-old businessman had positioned an order of bronze and copper by the accused Hem Shah by making a fee of USD 5,02,801, which is about Rs 3.5 crore. Nonetheless, he received cement as a substitute of bronze and copper because of which a case was registered then.”
As Shah and his confederate Ramendra are residents of Singapore and Indonesia respectively, the authorities issued a glance out round towards them.
“Shah was caught at Ahmedabad airport by the immigration officers. following which he was handed over to the native police. Subsequently, we took custody of Shah and introduced him to Mumbai,” mentioned an officer from Azad Maidan police station.
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