JAMMU: According to an official, the Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police filed a chargesheet on Saturday against a Maharashtra resident for allegedly defrauding a businessman of Rs 1.70 crore in 2019 under the guise of supplying food grains. According to an agency spokesman, the Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch, Jammu, filed a 504-page chargesheet against accused Parvin Kumar Ninawe, a Nagpur, Maharashtra resident, in this court for allegedly defrauding Suresh Gupta, the owner of the Shona Trust Corporation. Gupta is a company that sells, buys, and supplies food grains and related products to the general public and government.In his complaint to the Jammu Crime Branch, Gupta claimed that although he had paid the accused Rs 3.11 crore on occasion, the accused had only given him goods valued at Rs 1.41 crore. The remaining sum was not reimbursed, nor had the accused supplied any goods, according to the spokesman. He claimed that the accused had also given the complainant a cheque for Rs 60 lakh, but the bank had refused to accept it. Following the receipt of the complaint, an initial investigation was carried out, and the spokesman stated that the claims made were found to be prima facie supported, resulting in the formal case being filed under the applicable sections. He claimed that Ninawe, who is out on bail, is guilty of the offences listed under Indian Penal Code section 420, which deals with cheating.
