Bhopal: Government contractor files extortion call complaint

Bhopal: Government contractor files extortion call complaint

Staff ReporterUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 07:30 AM IST
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Bhopal: A government contractor, Naveen Jain who is having the contract worth more than Rs 550 crore had filed a complaint of extortion call with Indore police. In his complained Jain stated that the alleged accused Sanjay Gupta is masking extortion calls and threatening him to pay a commission.

Jain in his complaint stated that overall he is conducting work worth Rs 550 crore. He stated that he is under a contract to construct house under PM Awas Yojna in: Damoh, Shivpuri and Chhindawra. He stated that an amount of Rs 151 crore pending in three nagar palikas, because of which he is facing financial and mental stress.

Meanwhile a person named Sanjay Gupta phoned him and assured him help in recovering his pending amount from nagar palika, against a payment of five percent commission, latter it was decided at 3.5 percent. Meanwhile Jain received his dues from Damoh Nagar Palika and refused to pay Gupta any commission. Gupta too accepted Jain’s desposition.

However, later Jain learnt that government is paying off contractors dues. So he told Gupta that he will not pay any commission now. However, Gupta got infuriated at this and threatened him of defamation and raising hurdles for further payments, if he does not pay his commission of 5 percent including payment of Damoh. Indore police have registered case under section 384 and 506 of IPC and have started a probe.

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