The case was registered after a courtroom order.
Lucknow:
A police case has been filed towards an Indian International Service (IFS) officer and her husband for allegedly duping a health care provider of over Rs 64 lakh on the pretext of funding, police stated on Friday.
SHO Rajesh Kumar Tripathi informed PTI that an FIR within the matter was lodged on Thursday on the Gomti Nagar police station on orders of a courtroom.
In her grievance, Dr Mridula Agarwal alleged fraud amounting to Rs 64,63,250 towards the IFS officer Niharika Singh, her husband Ajit Gupta and their related firms in Lucknow.
A police official stated the IFS officer is presently posted in Indonesia.
PTI couldn’t instantly contact her for a response.
The FIR has been lodged below IPC sections 406 (legal breach of belief) and 420 (dishonest) for the offence that came about between February 2 and 29, 2020.
These booked embody Ajit Gupta, his spouse Niharika Singh, Ani Bullion Merchants and Eye Visions India Credit score Cooperative Society Restricted, in response to the FIR.
In her grievance, Dr Agarwal, a 54-year-old resident of Gomti Nagar, stated that she turned acquainted with the couple in 2016 once they introduced their daughter for therapy at her clinic.
She claims that they persuaded her to spend money on their firm — Ani Bullion Merchants — assuring her of higher returns than different funding choices.
Believing their claims, the physician invested a complete of Rs 51 lakh in Ani Bullion Merchants by way of a number of cheques in August 2016, Agarwal alleged, including that an settlement was signed on stamped paper, and post-dated cheques had been issued to her as proof of funding.
“The funding was initially worthwhile, and I obtained my returns with none interruption till August 2018. Nevertheless, after February 2019, I used to be knowledgeable that my investments had been transferred to a different firm, Eye Imaginative and prescient India Credit score Cooperative Society, and that my cash was safe there,” Dr Agarwal said in her grievance.
Regardless of receiving funds till January 2020, the physician reported that each one funds ceased after February 2020. When she contacted the corporate, staff knowledgeable her that Ajit Gupta and others had been in police custody.
“The employees assured me that after they had been launched, my total due quantity could be paid. Nevertheless, I’ve but to see any constructive outcomes,” Dr Agarwal lamented.
The physician stated she is now going through vital psychological misery and monetary loss because of the alleged fraud.
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