Ahmedabad : CID (Crime) has registered a cheating case against five named accused and several unidentified persons for allegedly duping a 52-year-old businessman from Chiloda of Rs 80 lakh on the promise of securing US business visas for his son and daughter-in-law.
The complainant, who operates a die-casting factory in Odhav, alleged that in Nov 2023, his brother-in-law introduced him to two men from Kalol who claimed they could arrange US visas and send the couple to America within four days in exchange for Rs 1.15 crore. On Nov 6, 2023, he allegedly deposited Rs 55 lakh at the Bapunagar branch of an angadia firm after receiving a token number linked to a Rs 10 note. A day later, he deposited another Rs 25 lakh using a similar token-based process. When he demanded a refund, the accused allegedly promised to return the money if the visa process was not completed by Dec 22, 2023. Further inquiries with the angadia firm revealed that the Rs 55 lakh deposited in Bapunagar was collected from its Rajkot branch by an unidentified person posing as one of the accused, while the remaining Rs 25 lakh was allegedly collected from the firm’s Sarathana branch in Surat by another unidentified individual.
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