Rajkot: Iron pipe dealers and steel roof sheets in Rajkot were tricked by Rs 30 lakh by one Tustar Luhar and his aides.
The defendant bought building materials with credit, claiming to have received a contract to build a hospital, and failed to pay payment.
According to the police, Mayor Vice (30), a resident of Vimal Nagar at the University Road in Rajkot, filed a complaint against Luhar and other unknown people for deceiving him with Rs 30 lakh songs.
“A few days of my uncle’s back, Uncle Ramesh Vicely received a call from a man who identified himself as Dr.
Kalartain who said that they had received large funds from Indian Non-Resident (NRIS) to establish hospitals and they bought construction materials such as iron pipes , the steel roof sheet.
My uncle asked him to contact me and then Luhar called me.
He put two orders – Rs 15 Lakh Iron Pipes worth and Steel Bedding Rs 15 Lakh, “said Mayur Vice in his police complaint.
“As per their request, we sent an iron pipe to Sanand near the Ahmedabad and steel roof sheet to Maliyasan Village near Rajkot on July 23.
Two days after sending material, I called Luhar after that he sent a check to me.
However, when I deposit check in The bank bounced and since then the cellphone number was turned off, “added Vicelya.
The police said that the Defendant was used to call whatsapp to Vice.
In addition, when asking in Maliyasan Village, it was revealed that the defendant had hired a warehouse for only one day and they shifted the steel roof sheet immediately after receiving the shipment.
The police suspected organized gang involvement behind fraud.