Nigdi cops book firm directors

The Nigdi police have registered a complaint against the directors of a Mumbai-based tourism company, Aryaroop Tourism Resort & Club, for cheating investors to the tune of Rs1.2 crore.

The first information report (FIR) names the company’s managing director, Ravindra Deshmukh, and office-bearers Dattatraya Ghadge, Rajendra Gaikwad and others as suspects. No arrests have been made as yet.

An investor, Rajkumar Dharmaraj Ubale (40), a resident of Triveninagar in Talwade, lodged the FIR at Nigdi police station. Ubale, a businessman, had invested money from July 2009 to August 2010. 

Ubale and some investors, registered a complaint at Nigdi police station against the company and its officials for cheating them to the tune of Rs1.2 crore.

Assistant commissioner of police (cyber and economic offences cell), Pushpa Deshmukh, who is investigating the case, said, “Ghadge and Ubale met through a mutual friend. Ghadge informed him about various schemes and promised guaranteed returns. He took Ubale to their Nigdi office and introduced him to the managing director, Deshmukh. He made a presentation on the schemes and promised Ubale good financial returns if he became a member of the company by paying Rs1,500 and purchased a tourism package of Rs9,000.”

Ubale and his wife became members of the company in 2009 and as per the promise, he received good returns. He started convincing his friends and relatives and brought in 80 investors, who became members of the company and invested their money in various schemes.

However, from February 2010, some investors did not receive returns, so they contacted the Mumbai branch. Later, Ubale and some of the 80 investors contacted the police.