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Flipkart denies businessman's cheating allegations, says FIR an attempt to harass firm

A businessman has alleged Flipkart of duping him for Rs 9.96 crore

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The businessman named Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal, sales director Hari, accounts managers Sumit Anand and Sharauque among other employees in his complaint.
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Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart denied businessman's claims who alleged Flipkart and its employees of cheated him for Rs 9.96 crore by not clearing the dues the company owed him towards 12,500 laptops he had supplied.

In his complaint lodged on November 21, the businessman had mentioned that he entered into a contract with Flipkart to supply laptops and other electronic goods. He claimed that he had supplied 14,000 laptops to the company between the time span of June 2015-June 2016 for Flipkart's Big Billion Day sale.

The businessman named Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal, sales director Hari, accounts managers Sumit Anand and Sharauque among other employees in his complaint. 

However, terming these allegations baseless, Flipkart said that the FIR is an attempt to harass the company. 

"The complaint filed is false and baseless. Flipkart strongly denies all the allegations and averments made in the FIR in entirety. Further, Flipkart is exploring all available legal possibilities to safeguard its interests, including but not limited to initiating proceedings for defamation against the complainant. The FIR appears to be nothing but an endeavour to harass and pressurise the company to succumb to baseless demands", Flipkart said in a statement. 

The businessman in his FIR stated, "Flipkart returned 1,482 units but did not pay for the remaining units. TDS and shipping charges for those units too were not paid. When asked to clear the dues, Flipkart falsely claimed it had returned 3,901 units. By not clearing the dues, they have cheated me to the tune of Rs 9,96,21,419."

The report also mentioned that the police had filed a case under IPC sections 34 (common intent), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating), and a probe has been going in relation to the incident. 

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