Associate professor duped of Rs 52 lakh with promise of cheap machinery; FIR filed against five men
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Kalaburagi: Chowk Police have filed an FIR against five men, based on the allegations made by a former associate professor that the men had duped him of Rs 52 lakh after promising to provide equipment for his factory at a low rate.
The accused are identified as KB Dayanand, Sabih Chirukul, Anuj Salti, Shoaib and Abdul Zaleel Gajari.
The complainant, Anand Nayak Dharmanna, who was working as associate professor at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Kalaburagi, had planned to open a gram mill in Vijayapura. Shoaib and Dayanand, who met him in Bengaluru, offered him help to purchase machinery worth Rs 2 crore for the unit at only Rs 1.62 crore from Dubai.
Shoaib and Dayanand took Rs 62 lakh from Dharmanna in phases but did not get him the promised machines even after a few months. When Dharmanna demanded that the men return him the money, they gave him only Rs 10 lakh back, retaining up to Rs 52 lakh. When he tried to call them, the phone sounds switched off, the complainant told the police.
The Chowk Police have registered a case against Shoaib and Dayanand as well as three of their acquaintances, who are suspected to be involved in duping the associate professor. Further investigation is underway.
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IPL betting racket busted in Goa; four held
Panaji (PTI): Police have busted an Indian Premier League (IPL) betting racket operating out of a house in South Goa, arresting four persons, an official said on Sunday.
A team from Verna police raided the premises in the Shindolim area of Sancoale village near Vasco on Saturday night and caught the accused red-handed while accepting bets on the cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals, he said.
The accused, Pranjal Tiwari (23), Amar Dawda (33), Shashank Kumar Sahu (19) and Sandeep Singh (23), hailed from Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and were staying in a rented premises.
As many as 10 mobile phones, two laptops, a tablet, an internet router with a signal receiver and cash worth Rs 37,000 were seized from the house, the official said, adding that a case has been registered under the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act.
