New Delhi, February 4
The Economic Offences Wing, Delhi Police has arrested accused from Jaipur who duped Intex company to deliver mobile phones worth Rs. 3 crores on the basis of forged bank guarantees.
The accused was identified as Cartigueyane Gopal from Bikaner, Rajasthan and Silver Oak Bungalows, Cherlapally, Hyderabad.
The complainant company, M/s Intex Technologies India Ltd. alleged that they had entered into agreement with alleged company M/s TSN Ecotech International Pvt. Ltd., November 2016 for appointment as a distributer of products of the complainant company. Further, to win the confidence of the complainant company, the alleged company and its directors furnished six bank guarantees worth Rs. 3 crores purportedly issued by State Bank of India in favor of the complainant company.
Since 18.11.2016 to 05.01.2017, the complainant company supplied goods of worth Rs. 4.84 Crore to the alleged company and the alleged company made some payments. However, subsequently the alleged company refused to make balance payment of Rs. 2.19 crores. Later, when the complainant company tried to invoke the Bank Guarantees of worth Rs. 3 crores, it was revealed that the alleged Bank Guarantees were not issued by State Bank of India and the same were declared to be fake and forged.
Add CP (EOW) Amrutha Guguloth stated that in order to earn quick money, he along with his associates hatched a criminal conspiracy to cheat the complainant company and induced the complainant company to deliver the goods of value worth crores, by preparing and using forged bank guarantees. He is also involved in following three more cases of similar modus operandi.
As per the case details, in the month of November, 2016, accused Cartigueyane Gopal had sent several mails to Mohamed Sirajudeen (Managing Director of the accused company). These mails consist of soft copies of alleged 06 Bank Guarantees (BG) of State Bank of India, BG Format, BG Details that are incorporated in alleged Bank Guarantees like Manager's name (Pradip Sinha), EMP code, branch details etc.
In year 2016 & 2017, accused Cartigueyane Gopal had received Rs. 32 lakhs in his bank accounts from the accused company M/s TSN Ecotech International Pvt. Ltd. He also received money from the bank accounts of accused Mohamed Sirajudeen, the then Managing Director of the accused company.
It is further informed that notices were sent to accused Cartigueyane Gopal but he did not join the investigation. The raids were conducted at his available addresses repeatedly but it was revealed subsequently that the accused Cartigueyane Gopal had left the given addresses.
His associates- M. Mohammed Sirajuddin, Thotappa Naina Mohammed Sirajuddin, and Vikrant Chaudhary have already been charge-sheeted in this case.
