Cheating 3 lakhs from a person on the pretext of financial benefits

Durg. A case of cheating has come to the fore in Bhilai on the pretext of financial gain. The accused had promised the victim financial benefits for investing money in the finance company. At the behest of the accused, the complainant invested Rs. between January and June. When it was their turn to withdraw the money, the accused started rotating it. After this, the victim realized that he had been cheated. After which the victim lodged a complaint of cheating in Bhilai Nagar police station.

Bhilai Nagar Police said that on the complaint of Gulab Sonkar (58), a resident of Avenue B Sector-6, an FIR has been registered against a person named Deepak Kumar Chauhan. The complainant had seen the number of the accused on Facebook. The accused described himself as a resident of Uttar Pradesh and said that he works in Daman Finance Company of Dholakheda, Chandigarh. The accused said that if he invests money in the finance company, he will get more profit.

Coming to the words of the accused Deepak Kumar Chauhan, the complainant deposited a total of Rs 13 lakh 447 in installments in the bank accounts of Parisrit Chakraborty, Anirban Bhattacharya and Karuna Pal between January 04 and June 19. The accused had claimed that after six months he would be returned his profit along with the invested amount. At the time of refund, when the complainant approached the accused, the accused started taking him around by telling him about today’s times. In the end he did not return the money.