BHOPAL: A 21-year-old farmer was duped to the tune of Rs 5.25 lakh by an accused, who lured him in his net on the pretext of helping him get a loan of Rs 22 lakh for starting a dairy farm. The accused met the victim near a bank in Piplani and assured him that he would get a subsidy of Rs 11 lakh on the bank loan.
Investigation officer SI RN Singh Chouhan said that the victim Sanjay Gurjar, 21, a resident of Bawadia Khurd village in Bilkhiria, is a farmer. He told police that he wanted to start a dairy farm for which he needed money. He went to a nationalised bank in Anand Nagar on June 3.
When he was returning, he met the accused Sonu Gurjar alias Sunil Dhanak. Sonu said that he could help him in getting a loan of Rs 22 lakh for starting the dairy farm. Sonu told him that he would get a subsidy of Rs 11 lakh on the loan and he will have to return only Rs 11 lakh. SI Chouhan said that Sanjay said that when he agreed, the accused Sonu asked him to open an account in a private bank.
After arranging Rs 25000, the accused took Sanjay to a private bank in Awadhpuri. He told Sanjay to deposit Rs 5 lakh in the account as margin money for the loan. Sanjay deposited Rs 5 lakh in two instalments in the account on June 18 and June 21. SI Chouhan said that Sanjay alleged that two days later on June 23, when he went to withdraw money from his bank account, he was shocked to find that Rs 5.25 lakh were already withdrawn from his account He filed a complaint against Sonu alias Sunil Dhanak at Piplani police station. Police have and arrested the accused, who is a resident of Karond.
