Man duped of Rs 8.6L in name of pvt bank

A 62-year-old man has duped off Rs 8.6 lakh by four accused in the name of HDFC bank Fix deposit scheme. A complaint was lodged with Naranpura police station on Tuesday.  The complainant, Ketan Mehta, of Padmavati Flats of Naranpura area, told police that he came in contact with the four accused identified as Vishal Malhotra, Bhawna Agrawal, Preeti Sharma and Radhika Shrivastava in February 2015.

The accused called Mehta on purpose of starting a Fix Deposit in the HDFC bank for which he promised to get benefits of double the money plus other.  Mehta got into their trap and started paying them. From February 2015, until this month, the victim has paid them Rs 8.6 lakh in cash.

Mehta came to know about the fraud when the accused stopped taking his calls. He went to the bank and realized that he was duped by the four. An inspector of Naranpura police station, said, “The victim was paying the amount to the accused, but never went to the bank to cross-check. He did not even check if the account was opened.”

CRIME SHEET

• The complainant Ketan Mehta, of Padmavati Flats of Naranpura area, told police that he came in contact with the four accused in 2015. 

• Mehta came to know about the fraud when the accused stopped taking his calls.