Crime Branch Jammu charge sheeted accused in ₹1.85 Crore Coal fraud
Jammu: Economic Offences Wing–Crime Branch Jammu presented charge-sheet against accused person – S. Tharagaval, Proprietor New M.M.S and Sons C/o 1/129 Param Kudi Road Parthibanur, Ramanatha Puram, Tamil Nadu in the court of law in case FIR No.32/2013 P/S Crime Branch Jammu for cheating & criminal breach of trust in delivery of charcoal and duping of an amount of Rs. 1, 84, 85,573/-.
A written complaint was lodged by the complainant Shri Tapan Dubey S/o Sh. Pawan Dubey Director Shree Sita Ram Industries Pvt. Ltd., SIDCO Industrial Complex, Bari Brahmana Jammu, alleging therein that he had placed an order with the accused person for the supply of charcoal, valuing Rs. 1,04,00,000/- with the commitment of excluding freight charges and paid half of the amount to the accused. Thereafter, the accused again approached the complainant and demanded hike in the settled rate which was accepted by the complainant having no other option and accordingly the complainant paid an amount of Rs.1,45,05,900/- to the accused, but despite waiting for a long time the accused failed to deliver the material. Later, the accused partially delivered the material in the month of August 2012 through goods train for which an amount of Rs. 39,79,673/- was paid by the complainant as freight charges, whileas, on unloading of the material from the train the complainant was shocked to see that instead of charcoal, mud, sand and dust was supplied by the accused, thereby cheating and duped the complainant of his money.
On receipt of the complaint a preliminary verification was initiated and during the course of enquiry, it was found that the material supplied by the accused was actually mud, sand and dust and not charcoal for which the complainant had paid such a huge amount of money and that the accused with malafide intentions by alluring the complainant through fraudulent means made him to deposit a huge sum of money in his account had cheated the complainant of his hard earned money amounting to Rs. 1,84,85,573/-. Accordingly allegations were prima facie substantiated, leading to the registration of formal case for indepth investigation.
During the course of investigation, relevant record was seized, statements of witnesses recorded, Scientific, Circumstantial and other material evidence was collected and offences under Ranbir Penal code were established against the accused who with malafide intention allured the complainant through fraudulent means to deposit a huge sum of money in his account, cheated and duped him of his hard earned money.