INDORE: A couple was duped of Rs 10 lakh by a group of four people in a chit-fund fraud in Khajrana area, the police said on Sunday.
Officials said that the victim, Seema and her husband Lakshman Solanki, in a complaint to the police alleged that they came in contact of the accused, identified as Anil Birla, Hariyas alias Harsh, and Murlidhar Birla - all residents of Bhilwara (Rajasthan) along with Virendra Tiwari in the year 2020, through one of their relatives, who claimed that they run a chit-fund company in Rajasthan and he had also invested money in the same firm, run by accused.
“The accused promised the couple that they will be getting gold worth Rs8 lakh along with a monthly return of Rs21,000 for an investment of Rs10 lakh in their chit-fund firm,” the couple told the police.
Lured by the offer and trusting their relative, the couple invested Rs10 lakh. Initially, the accused gave the couple the monthly cash returns as promised. But a couple of months later, they stopped it.
When the couple approached them, the accused assured them that they would be sending an agent to deliver the gold as they promised. But a few days later, the accused allegedly shut their firm and fled. Having no options left, the couple approached the police and filed a complaint. “Based on the complaint a case under IPC sections 406, 420 and 34 has been registered, and a probe into the same is on,” DCP Zone-2 Sampat Upadhyay said, giving details in a chat with TOI.
