2 suspects interrogated for duping director of his money

NEW DELHI: The Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police has started their probe in the case where director of an agro company was duped of his money on the pretext of sending rice to Saudi Arabia. The role of two persons including a private firm owner is being investigated.

The complainant told police that he came in contact with one Ritesh (suspect) through one Manoj Ahuja (suspect) and both of them allured him to export rice to Saudi Arabia. The complainant was told that he will get high returns and profit in the trade.

"The complainant supplies the rice overseas, as there are good margins in the overseas market and rice is being supplied at quite higher rates outside India," police said.

Both Ritesh and Manoj guaranteed that after the goods are exported by complainant they will further assure and guarantee further export orders and the complainant with get huge profits.

"Both suspects told complainant that they have close link with the owners of a firm in Saudi Arabia and the said firm would place further export orders worth crores of rupees and the payments shall be released within three months from supply of goods," police said.

Induced and allured by the false promises made by the suspects, the complainant agreed to supply rice to Saudi Arabia. The complainant supplied goods, rice worth over Rs 3 crore and received part of payments only to the tune of Rs 37.17 lakh.

The goods were supplied to Dammam in Saudi Arabia. However, when the goods worth more than Rs 3 crore were sent, the suspects stopped making any payment.

"The complainant started making phone calls to however the suspects started avoiding him and did not picked his phone calls. Upon further enquiry, it came to the knowledge of the complainant that owner of the firm in Saudi Arabia, where the goods were sent, belongs to Ritesh, who had met the complainant but never informed that he is the owner of the firm, " police said.

The complainant told police that Ritesh was residing in Uttrakhand and also doing business through same modus operandi and had further cheated various other persons, in similar manner and had exported their goods to Saudi Arabia. Later the complainant approached police and case was registered.