Nagpur : Sitabuldi Police have launched a search for four persons, including Prashik Bansod, Managing Director of Kabir Infotech, who defrauded hundreds of youths from across Vidarbha of crores of rupees by promising them jobs in different reputed companies.
Besides Bansod, other accused have been identified as Nishant Lakhate, a resident of Vrindavan Society, Prashant Borkar (36),a resident of Medical Chowk and Rajkumar Deoghare (38), a resident Dighori.
The accused had opened Kabir Infotech’s office at Imperial Plaza, Somwar Bazar Road, Sitabuldi. They collected Rs 50,000 each from young unemployed youths by promising them job in different software and other companies. The accused had provided jobs to some persons in their own company after imparting them ‘training’ at their office. After paying them salary of Rs 6,000 each for a couple of months, they stopped giving payment to them since June this year.
After collecting huge money, the accused quartet closed their company’s Nagpur office and vanished. The victims from Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, and Bhandara personally met Atul Londhe, Spokesperson of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) seeking his assistance to get their money back. Londhe sent his representative to Resident Deputy Collector Ravindra Khajanchi with the victims to lodge a complaint against the Labour Inspector concerned who had shown on record that only 20-25 persons were working in Kabir Infotech.
The victims also informed Khajanchi that the Labour Inspector allegedly had not placed on record about non-payment of salaries by the company. After Khajanchi assured that he would conduct an inquiry into the matter within a week, the victims then met Senior Inspector Hemant Kumar Kharabe, In-charge of Sitabuldi Police Station, and lodged a complaint against the accused persons. On the basis of a complaint lodged by Lokesh Mistrilal Fularia (25), a resident of Plot No 80, Chandan Nagar, Sitabuldi Police registered an offence under Sections 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 120b(Criminal Conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code against Bansod, Lakhate, Borkar and Deoghare.
Senior Inspector Kharabe told about 320 youths were duped to the tune of Rs 80 lakh by the accused quartet so far as per complaints received by the police. More complaints are expected to be received from outstation victims. Cellphones of accused Bansod and others are switched off. “Police are putting in all efforts to trace the accused persons,” Kharabe added.
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