Ahmedabad's Crime Branch team has successfully preempted a major fraud, saving a local tea merchant from being duped of Rs 2 crore. The plot centred around a counterfeit Angadiya firm, orchestrated by Dinesh Babulal Rawal and an accomplice named Atul, now wanted by the Navrangpura police. Their modus operandi involved preying on unsuspecting traders, enticing them into their deceitful business ventures.
The story unfolded when Saumil Das, a tea wholesaler, received a WhatsApp call from an individual identifying himself as Jitendra. The caller claimed, after reviewing Das' company profile on the MCA site, that Das was eligible for trade funds due to his impressive annual GST turnover. Lured by the offer, Das was soon entangled in their deceptive web, which led him to Rawal and Atul's fake firm.
However, the fraud was detected in time when a counterfeit welcome letter from the fictitious "Elson Pharmaceutical Company Limited" was exposed by Das' accountant. Navrangpura police acted swiftly, arresting Rawal, who hails from Maharashtra. The investigation further revealed that Rawal had falsified his Aadhaar card details. The hunt for the main suspect, Atul from Rajasthan, is ongoing. Authorities are also delving deeper to ascertain the duo's potential involvement in other fraud cases.
