Hyderabad: An Air Force officer posted at the College of Aerospace Warfare in Secunderabad lodged a complaint with cyber crime police alleging that a New Delhi-based vendor took ₹8.8 lakh as advance payment for clearing of vegetation on the academy premises and cheated them. On the complaint of the officer, a cheating case was registered against unknown offenders.
Pinakine Secure Security Solutions was awarded a ₹54.8 lakh contract for vegetation clearance through the Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) on June 5, according to the complaint.
“The Air Force Public Fund made two advance payments of ₹4,41,720 each, on Aug 19 and Sept 17 to the company’s bank account in New Delhi towards the wages of labourers for July and Aug,” the complainant told police. In the police complaint on Thursday, the wing commander asked cyber crime police to verify the firm’s identity and registration details and recover the public funds.