A businessman from Satellite, Ahmedabad, has reported being defrauded of Rs 21.8 lakh. The individual who allegedly perpetrated the fraud claimed to have ties with a religious monk and solicited funds for donations and various religious activities. This incident has been formally documented in a complaint filed with the Anandnagar police.
The complainant, owner of an electrical manufacturing business, stated that he received a call from an unknown number on July 23. Trusting the caller, the businessman allegedly transferred Rs 49,000 to a bank account provided to him. Rs 1 lakh each was deposited into the same account on two occasions, according to the complaint. On Aug 7, another Rs 2 lakh was allegedly transferred to an account in the name of a woman. The caller then allegedly asked the businessman to send Rs 4 lakh, Rs 4.3 lakh, Rs 4 lakh and Rs 5 lakh through an angadia firm on different dates, with the money to be delivered in Prantij. The total amount allegedly paid through bank transfers and angadia transactions was Rs 21.8 lakh.
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The caller claimed he was calling from an upashray in Paldi and said funds were needed for a religious activity. He and his son contacted the upashray in Paldi and were allegedly told that no such donation request had been made by the religious establishment. He later received multiple calls seeking additional payments. He made the payments through his employees and sons as instructed by the caller, the complaint states. The businessman grew suspicious after the caller stopped responding to phone calls. Anandnagar police have registered a complaint against the accused and begun investigating the alleged cheating and the money trail. Download the TOI App.