AHMEDABAD: The year used to be 2009 and Ashok Jadeja, a devotee of Sikotar Mata primarily based in the Sarkhej area, promised that with the blessing of the deity, he would triple the investments of his neighborhood. The multi-crore scam scarred thousands and Jadeja, who has served his prison sentence, is once more out.
Nine years later, two of his former aides emulated their con-guru and launched — successfully — some other scheme to swindle their neighborhood’s cash. This time, the gross sales pitch used to be 6% daily hobby. The lock-in length used to be additionally attractively short. The accused promised to pay Rs 60,000 on each and every Rs 1 lakh, in just 10 days.
Sarkhej police apprehended three individuals, including a girl, from near Shantipura Circle and Telav near Sanand on Monday and seized Rs 26.47 lakh money from them, jointly. Investigators, operating on data kept watch near Shantipura Circle at 12.15am and chased down a van when the driver did not stop on being flagged down by means of police. After a brief chase, police stopped the vehicle and checked it. A lady, identified as Gayatri Didawala, a resident of Naroda Patia, and Vinod Rathod, a resident of Sarkhej, together with two other individuals had been within. The duo used to be found in possession of a number of envelopes, containing a complete of Rs 14.7 lakh money.
“Both individuals had been identified as brokers operating for Pravin Rathod, a resident of Telav near Sanand. A staff went to Rathod’s residence and checked it, best to seek out some other Rs 11.7 lakh in money. A gold sword, price Rs 85,800 used to be additionally seized. We realized that Pravin would determine himself as a ‘bhuva’ (witch doctor) and promised 6% daily returns in the course of the blessings of a deity,” said P R Ramani, inspector of Sarkhej police station.
Ramani said they've seven or eight names of buyers, along with the 20-odd names on the envelopes containing the cash. “We also are to establish how much fee the brokers were given and whether or not other spaces — populated by means of the neighborhood Rathod belongs to — have similar brokers,” he said.
Nine years later, two of his former aides emulated their con-guru and launched — successfully — some other scheme to swindle their neighborhood’s cash. This time, the gross sales pitch used to be 6% daily hobby. The lock-in length used to be additionally attractively short. The accused promised to pay Rs 60,000 on each and every Rs 1 lakh, in just 10 days.
Sarkhej police apprehended three individuals, including a girl, from near Shantipura Circle and Telav near Sanand on Monday and seized Rs 26.47 lakh money from them, jointly. Investigators, operating on data kept watch near Shantipura Circle at 12.15am and chased down a van when the driver did not stop on being flagged down by means of police. After a brief chase, police stopped the vehicle and checked it. A lady, identified as Gayatri Didawala, a resident of Naroda Patia, and Vinod Rathod, a resident of Sarkhej, together with two other individuals had been within. The duo used to be found in possession of a number of envelopes, containing a complete of Rs 14.7 lakh money.
“Both individuals had been identified as brokers operating for Pravin Rathod, a resident of Telav near Sanand. A staff went to Rathod’s residence and checked it, best to seek out some other Rs 11.7 lakh in money. A gold sword, price Rs 85,800 used to be additionally seized. We realized that Pravin would determine himself as a ‘bhuva’ (witch doctor) and promised 6% daily returns in the course of the blessings of a deity,” said P R Ramani, inspector of Sarkhej police station.
Ramani said they've seven or eight names of buyers, along with the 20-odd names on the envelopes containing the cash. “We also are to establish how much fee the brokers were given and whether or not other spaces — populated by means of the neighborhood Rathod belongs to — have similar brokers,” he said.
3 promising 6% daily returns held, Rs 26L seized
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