ABSCONDING FRAUDSTER WHO SIPHONED OFF OVER 11 LAKH US DOLLARS ARRESTED BY DELHI CRIME BRANCH
New Delhi, March 13
The Delhi Crime Branch arrested an alleged fraudster from Lucknow in UP who siphoned off over 11 lakhs of US dollars from his business partner.
The accused has been identified Tej Bahadur Rai (51) a resident of Kalkaji Extention.
As per the case details, Tej Bahadur Rai is proprietor of M/S Falcon India. He had approached Ashwani Deewan (proprietor of M/s Rose International) that he had an order from some foreign buyer for export of some home furnishing items. Tej Bahadur Rai told that as it was a big order, he wanted to get it supplied through various vendors. In this regard, an agreement with Ashwani Dewan was made for supply of various home furnishing items valuing 11,95,450/- US-Dollars. The complainant reportedly paid Rs.223.66 lakhs to him.
The officials said that Rai allegedly misappropriated the amount by opening different accounts in the name of his employees. The statement of accounts also showed that out of 5.89 crores, collected by M/s Dhananjay (a firm of Tej Bahadur Rai) during January 2003 to May 2003, 4.52 crores were transferred to M/S Falcon India.
The firms, M/s Triata Silk Textile and Braj Trading Company were also found to be fake and bogus created by Rai in conspiracy with Lalit Mishra and Sanjay Tiwari.
The officials said that after investigation of the case charge sheet had been filed in the concerned court and during the trial of the case Tej Bahadur Rai was declared as a proclaimed offender by the Saket court in December 2013.
The officials added that they collected all the facts and details of the case. The team worked on all the available technical details available. Thereafter, the team searched all the possible hideouts of the accused at various places in Delhi. The crime branch laid a trap at Gomti Nagar in Lucknow of Uttar Pradesh and successfully apprehended the accused.
The crime branch added tha Tej Bahadur Rai is originally from Varanasi U.P. He is post graduate and holds a degree in Textile Engineering. In 2004, he had gone to jail in the present case. After coming out from jail, he never attended the court. Presently, he runs a company in the name of Rameshwaram Mines in Mauganj M.P. and Sonbhadra U.P., registered at Hazrat Ganj, Lucknow, U.P.
The officials further said that he is a habitual cheater and allegedly involved in more than eight cases of cheating and 31 cases of NI Act etc. He was evading his arrest and was not appearing in the court. He has also been declared a proclaimed offender in four other cases.
Rai was previously involved in 39 cases at Sarojini Nagar, Kalkaji and Lajpatnagar police stations for various related offences.
