Pune: White-Collar Criminal Who Cheated Businessmen of Crores Arrested by Khadak Police from Kolkata
Pune: A white-collar criminal who defrauded a utensil businessman of ₹3.80 crore under the pretext of importing low-cost scrap material from Dubai and Tanzania has been arrested from Kolkata by the Khadak Police.
The arrested accused has been identified as Bhupendra Singh alias Sanjay Kripal Singh Raghav (resident of Greater Noida, Kasna; currently in Malad, Mumbai).
The case was registered based on a complaint by Sudhir Raghunath Barote (Ravivar Peth).
According to police, the accused and his son introduced themselves as owners of Indo Afi Metals Co. LLC and Subperla International LLP, claiming to have factories in Dubai and Tanzania. They took Barote to Dubai and Tanzania, showed him 75 tonnes of scrap material, and promised import through Mundra Port.
Barote transferred ₹3,79,77,375 to their Abu Dhabi bank account, but neither received the material nor got a refund.
The father-son duo had also cheated another businessman, Milind Nashikkar, of ₹90 lakh in a similar manner.
On receiving intel that Bhupendra Singh was travelling to Kolkata, the Khadak police team apprehended him on 20 November. A court has remanded him to police custody till 29 November.
Police investigations revealed that they have duped businessmen across multiple states Kolkata, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and others running scams worth crores.
