BHOPAL : The Ashoka Garden police, on Tuesday, registered a case on charges of fraud against the son of a head constable posted at traffic police station for taking a loan of Rs 6 lakh from an acquaintance for starting business by giving post-dated cheques of an account that had been closed by the bank.
Investigation officer SI Santosh Dubey said that the complainant Ramawadh Vishwakarma, 38, son of Rajaram Vishwakarma, resident of 103 Ashoka Garden in his complaint to the police stated that he runs a business by the name Awadh Associates at 832/B A Sector Ashoka Garden in shop number 3. The accused Sumit Ahirwar, son of Nanheveer Ahirwar, resident of New Police Lines Nehru Nagar, was a friend of the complainant.
The complainant knew his family for years. In the year 2014, Sumit asked him to lend him an amount of Rs 6 lakh for starting a new business. A mediator and common friend Sanjay Deshmukh recommended him.
On Deshmukh’s recommendations, Vishwakarma lend Sumit, a sum of Rs 6 lakh in August 2014. Sumit gave three post-dated cheques to Vishwakarma of HDFC bank for the repayment of amount.
The cheques of Rs 2 lakh each were dated 22 May, 17 July and August 15 this year. When Vishwakarma deposited the cheques they were returned unpaid by the bank as the account had been closed due to no transaction for a long period.
Police following his complaint registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and started investigations.
