Ahmedabad scrap dealer duped of ₹60 lakh by acquaintance

Updated: Oct 21st, 2024


A businessman in Ahmedabad lost ₹60 lakh after he trusted another businessman to collect the money on his behalf from a friend.

Jayesh Parmar, a resident of Nava Naroda, who is a scrap dealer on Ashram Road, had met Jignesh Chunara, another scrap dealer, through his friend Akshay Mehta three months ago.

Thereafter, Chunara frequently met Parmar and gained his trust.

On October 4, Parmar sought ₹60 lakh from Mehta, who told Parmar that he could collect the money the next evening. However, due to an audit, Parmar had to go out of town and trusted Chunara with the task of collecting the ₹60 lakh from Mehta and depositing it in the office.

Chunara collected the money from Mehta but never returned to Parmar’s office and switched off his phone. When Parmar called Chunara’s father Mukesh, he was informed that Chunara was at his in-laws’ house in Ahmedabad. Mukesh also switched off his phone thereafter.

Parmar then filed a written application with the Navrangpura police in this matter.

Meanwhile, Parmar received a call from the Viramgam rural police, stating that Mukesh had been apprehended with ₹50 lakh. The police investigated further and learned that Chunara had called his father to Ahmedabad, handed over ₹50 lakh, and kept ₹10 lakh for himself.

The Navrangpura police have registered a complaint and probing the matter further.


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