A case of fraud in the name of medicines has come to light from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The thugs looted lakhs of rupees from the businessman. A foreigner has also been arrested among those who carried out the incident. The Crime Branch has arrested a Tanzanian youth and a girl from Meerut in this case. These people have cheated a businessman of Gwalior city of about Rs 49 lakh in the name of getting raw material from Ranga city of Andhra Pradesh for making obesity medicine. Let us know what is the whole matter…
Greed with 20 percent commission
Lawrence Alvis, a representative of a pharmaceutical company based in England, told Vijay Sharma of Gwalior that his company makes medicines to reduce obesity. He said that to make this medicine they have to import organic raw material from India which is available in Rangareddy city of Andhra Pradesh. For this, Lawrence Alvis said that if you export this raw material to us from India, then we will give you 20 percent commission on every consignment.
Material worth Rs 49 lakh has been sent so far
Seeing such a huge profit, Vijay Sharma got greedy and bought raw material worth Rs 8 lakh. After this the sample was sent to Lucas Edwards of the company. After this the sample was passed by the company. From July 2023 till now, businessman Vijay Sharma has sent material worth Rs 49 lakh. The demand of those people continues. When Vijay became suspicious about the increasing demand, he searched Google and found out that this company was fake.
Tanzanian youth and Meerut girl arrested
When it came to light that the company was fake, Vijay lodged a complaint of fraud with the Crime Branch. During preliminary investigation, details of the amount sent were found to be linked to 15 accounts. The Crime Branch has arrested Tanzanian youth Terry Obe from Delhi’s Kishanganj and Venus Rawat, a resident of Meerut, in this fraud case. Interrogation of these people has revealed that this international gang has defrauded many businessmen of the country in a similar manner. Laptop, five mobiles, several SIM cards and some cash were also recovered from the possession of the accused. At present the investigation of the crime branch is going on.
