Industrialists duped by fake Shimla MP

Tribune News Service

Solan, December 15

In a bizarre case, two industrialists of Parwanoo and Nalagarh have been duped of Rs 2.22 lakh by a miscreant, who posing as Shimla MP Suresh Kashyap called them on their cellphones and asked them to donate money for the construction of a temple.

In another case, Shiv Sharma of Manjushree Technopack Limited situated at Jharmajri in Barotiwala also received a similar call for Rs 1.25 lakh on Monday. He, however, cross-checked with the MP, who is also the Himachal BJP president, and did not pay the money. The Barotiwala police registered a case under Section 170 of the IPC last evening and a probe was underway.

In yet another case, Vinod Khurana, partner of Khurana Oleo Chemicals, Nalagarh, was duped of Rs 71,000 by a caller posing as Suresh Kashyap on December 11. The money was transferred to the bank account of Ronak Patel from IDBI Bank, Bapunagar, in Ahmedabad.

Baddi DSP Navdeep Singh said that two complaints had been received from the industrialists and a probe had been initiated.

The Parwanoo police registered a case last evening after Subodh Gupta, CMD of Microtek International Private Limited, Delhi, was duped of Rs 1.51 lakh on the same pretext.

Solan SP Virender Sharma said that a miscreant duped a local investor of Rs 1.51 lakh by calling on his cellphone while posing as Shimla MP Suresh Kashyap. A probe was underway and the call details of the cellphone and the bank details had been sought. The transaction was done at a bank in Gujarat.

The preliminary probe has revealed that the caller had used a cellphone number of Gujarat and bank transactions were also made in Gujarat.

Meanwhile, Kashyap has asked the police to speed up the probe and nab the miscreants.