Delhi Police are on the lookout for a conman, Vijay Dwivedi, who posed as nephew of Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi and cousin of Congress spokesperson, and duped people on the pretext of providing jobs and licenses for fair price shops in Delhi and Mumbai since June 2011. A case has been registered in Vijay Vihar police station in outer Delhi and further investigation is on.
‘Vinod Pathak and his cousin Narinder Bhardwaj, came to know about Dwivedi, through a friend Nathu Lal. Nathu Lal’s fair price shop, which was closed for many years, was reopended with the help of Dwivedi,’ said a police official. ‘Dwivedi had assured us the shop could be reopened, if he can get some details cleared through Janardan Dwivedi, General Secretary of Congress party. He demanded Rs 6 lakh from us for doing the work, out of which he has taken Rs 3 lakh in advance and asked us to deposit the security of the shop Rs 5,000,’ said Pathak.
He also stated that, Dwivedi offered them government employment under VIP quota, and when the victim proposed his cousin’s name, he demanded Rs 3 lakh.
‘Dwivedi claimed to have influence in Guru Nanak College, and promised to get admission to my cousin for Rs 5 lakh. He also offered me to open a gas agency for which I paid him Rs 5 lakh more’, said Pathak.
‘It has been more than a year now, and we still did not get any of the shops or agency opened. And the cousin, who Dwivedi promised to get admitted in the college, got through on his own,’ said Pathak.
They started pressuring Drivedi that either he should get the work done or give the money back as the time frame, which he has given, had expired long ago. Dwivedi had apparently responded initially saying that he was busy shooting for films in Mumbai or South Africa. But after a while, he had stopped taking their calls.
‘We contacted his friend, Sanjay Pandit, who assured us Dwivedi was coming back to Delhi on 13 May 2012. But some days ago, we received a threatening call from him that he will kill us if we demand money anymore,’ added Pathak.
‘Vinod Pathak and his cousin Narinder Bhardwaj, came to know about Dwivedi, through a friend Nathu Lal. Nathu Lal’s fair price shop, which was closed for many years, was reopended with the help of Dwivedi,’ said a police official. ‘Dwivedi had assured us the shop could be reopened, if he can get some details cleared through Janardan Dwivedi, General Secretary of Congress party. He demanded Rs 6 lakh from us for doing the work, out of which he has taken Rs 3 lakh in advance and asked us to deposit the security of the shop Rs 5,000,’ said Pathak.
He also stated that, Dwivedi offered them government employment under VIP quota, and when the victim proposed his cousin’s name, he demanded Rs 3 lakh.
‘Dwivedi claimed to have influence in Guru Nanak College, and promised to get admission to my cousin for Rs 5 lakh. He also offered me to open a gas agency for which I paid him Rs 5 lakh more’, said Pathak.
‘It has been more than a year now, and we still did not get any of the shops or agency opened. And the cousin, who Dwivedi promised to get admitted in the college, got through on his own,’ said Pathak.
They started pressuring Drivedi that either he should get the work done or give the money back as the time frame, which he has given, had expired long ago. Dwivedi had apparently responded initially saying that he was busy shooting for films in Mumbai or South Africa. But after a while, he had stopped taking their calls.
‘We contacted his friend, Sanjay Pandit, who assured us Dwivedi was coming back to Delhi on 13 May 2012. But some days ago, we received a threatening call from him that he will kill us if we demand money anymore,’ added Pathak.