45 more women say they were cheated by loan scamsters in Gujarat

After 200 women lodged a group complaint against three women for defrauding them to the tune of Rs4 lakh on Wednesday, another 45 women in Narol on Friday complained they too were duped of Rs63,000 by one of the accused.

Pravina Joshi, 45, a resident of Rajdeepnagar, Narol, and the main complainant, stated in her complaint, filed with Vatva police station, that accused Enu Vyas promised them loans of up to Rs40,000 at minimal interest rates.

She collected Rs1,500 each from all of the 45 victims as file processing charge but never got the loans sanctioned.

Incidentally, Enu, 52, a resident of Shivam society, sector 27, Gandhinagar was arrested by Bapunagar police on Thursday.

She is accused of helping one Archna Tragad who allegedly ran a fraudulent loan scheme in city and duped scores of  women of lakhs of rupees.

Tragad used to tell her victims that she was the Gujarat head of Australia-based Anjali Finance and had her office near Income Tax circle. However, when the Narol complainants searched for the office on Friday, they found none. 

Vatva police have registered a case of cheating.