Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 20: Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Jammu presented charge-sheet against proprietor of a Tamil Nadu based company for cheating & criminal breach of trust in delivery of charcoal and duping the complainant of an amount of Rs 1, 84, 85,573.
Charge-sheet in case FIR number 32/2013, P/S Crime Branch Jammu, was produced against accused person – S Tharagaval, proprietor of New M M S and Sons, C/o 1/129 Param Kudi Road Parthibanur, Ramanatha Puram, Tamil Nadu.
A written complaint was lodged by Tapan Dubey, son of Pawan Dubey, Director Shree Sita Ram Industries Pvt Ltd, SIDCO Industrial Complex, Bari Brahmana Jammu, alleging therein that he had placed an order with the accused person for the supply of charcoal, valuing Rs 1,04,00,000 with the commitment of excluding freight charges and paid half of the amount to the accused. Thereafter, the accused again approached the complainant and demanded hike in the settled rate which was accepted by the complainant having no other option and accordingly the complainant paid an amount of Rs.1,45,05,900 to the accused, but despite waiting for a long time the accused failed to deliver the material.
Later, the accused partially delivered the material in the month of August 2012 through goods train for which an amount of Rs 39,79,673 was paid by the complainant as freight charges, whileas, on unloading of the material from the train the complainant was shocked to see that instead of charcoal, mud, sand and dust was supplied by the accused, thereby cheating and duped the complainant of his money.
During the course of enquiry, allegations were substantiated, leading to the registration of formal case and then indepth investigation.
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