Trader duped of Rs3 lakh

Panchkula, May 21

A crockery shop owner was allegedly duped of Rs 3 lakh by a person, who offered him a distributorship of Patanjali.

Complainant, Raj Kumar Jindal, owns a crockery shop in Sector 10, Panchkula. As he was out of business during the lockdown, he explored the possibility of buying Patanjali’s distributorship.

“On May 14, the victim called on a contact number, which he found online. After sometime, he got a call from an unknown number and the caller identified himself as Sunil Gupta. The caller asked the victim to pay Rs 25,000 as registration cost to avail the distributorship. The caller promised the victim a discount of 40 per cent if he takes the distributorship. Later, the caller asked the victim to pay 50 per cent of the order amount and rest after one month. The victim placed an order of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 6 lakh after 40 per cent discount). So, he transferred Rs 3 lakh to a bank account ,” reads the FIR.

A case was registered under Section 420 of the IPC.