CMO instructs top cop to take appropriate action on B'luru businessman's complaint
Businessman had alleged fraud, extortion from his brother cum working partner
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has instructed the Bengaluru Police Commissioner to look into the matter and take appropriate action in a complaint filed by a city-based businessman alleging cheating, blackmailing, extortion, and forcibly obtaining signatures on blank papers by his brother.
According to the complainant Mohammed Fahim, he has been distributing Cigarettes and other products by the name M/s M.A Associates for over 16 years. He has further added that he was the sole investor of the business while his brother Basheer was a working partner. Fahim’s wife Farheen was reportedly conducting business on behalf of her husband.
Fahim has further alleged that Basheer, breached his trust suppressed the accounts for the financial year 2020-21 and swindled away all the profits, and told his partner Farheen, his brother’s wife that the company has incurred a heavy loss of several crore rupees and made her sign a balance sheet and other documents without showing originals.
The documents he had created were prepared by Chartered accountant Mr. Mylar of M/s Nagesh and Mylar Associates, the complaint added.
When Farheen asked for the original balance sheets and other documents, Basheer allegedly threatened her and began harassing Fahim and Farheen. Fahim had also reportedly attempted suicide due to the harassment of Basheer and was admitted to a private hospital from 19.03.2022 to 30.05.2022.
The complainant said that even when he was in Hospital, Basheer colluded with Chartered Account Mr. Mylar viz., M/s Nagesh and Mylar associates, misused his cheques by forging his signature without his knowledge, and committed fraud by transferring about Rs.3.6 crore rupees. Even after his discharge, the harassment continued as he issued his life threat, and took the signatures of Fahim and Farheen forcibly on blank papers, blank cash vouchers, and e-stamp papers.
The complainant has further said that when he was asked to pay the profit which he had refused earlier, he instead demanded an amount of Rs.1,50,00,000/-. He also threatened Farheen of implicating in false cases and managed to extort money with help of some antisocial elements Rs.12,50,000/- by way of cash and Rs.12,50,000/- by way of cheque on 15.06.2022 with help of a person named Imran Khan Jagirdar proprietor of Hi-tech Engineering, Kormangala.
A complaint in this regard was filed before the police against Basheer and a copy of the complaint was also sent to the CMO. The CMO has now instructed the commissioner of police to take appropriate action, and an FIR has been registered at Ashok Nagar Police Station. Basheer, Imran Khan, and Mailar have been named as the accused in the FIR by the police.
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234 held in anti-drug operation in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 15 (PTI): The Kerala police on Saturday said as part of its special drive to crack down on individuals suspected of drug trafficking, 234 people were arrested, and varying quantities of several deadly narcotics, including MDMA, were seized.
The State Police Media Centre (SPMC) stated that on March 14, as part of the drive, D-Hunt, authorities inspected 2,362 individuals suspected of drug trafficking and arrested 234 of them.
The operation was carried out across the state to identify and take strict legal action against those involved in the storage and distribution of banned drugs.
Police registered 222 cases related to the possession of various prohibited substances, according to a statement issued by the SPMC.
Additionally, authorities seized 0.0119 kg of MDMA, 6.171 kg of cannabis, and 167 cannabis 'beedis' from those arrested.
Operation D-Hunt is being jointly implemented by the Range-based NDPS Coordination Cell and District Police Chiefs under the leadership of State Anti-Narcotics Task Force Head and ADGP (Law and Order) Manoj Abraham, following the instructions of State Police Chief Dr Sheikh Darvesh Sahib, the statement said.
The SPMC also announced that a 24-hour Anti-Narcotics Control Room (9497927797) has been set up to receive information from the public regarding drug-related activities.
The details of individuals who contact this number will be kept confidential, it added.
Furthermore, the operation will continue in the coming days through sustained surveillance and the creation of a database of individuals regularly involved in drug-related activities and transactions.
