CHENNAI: The
central crime branch
(CCB) police arrested a man for cheating a businessman to the tune of Rs66 lakh promising to start a new business under a
partnership deal
.
Mohammad Saud, from CIT Nagar, approached the businessman through a common friend in November and suggested the idea to start a business ‘
Naytica Ship Supplies India
’ as partners and told him to invest Rs 66 lakh.
The businessman gave Saud Rs 25 lakh on November 12, Rs 17 lakh on December 12, Rs 8 lakh on March 7 and Rs 16 lakh on March 22 in the presence of their common friends
M Jaleel Khan
and S M Sulaiman. However, Saud didn’t include him as the partner in the firm. When the complainant demanded Saud to return the money, he threatened the businessman after which he filed a police complaint.
A Selvaraj, who has been working as a crime reporter in Tamil Nad...
Read MoreA Selvaraj, who has been working as a crime reporter in Tamil Nadu since 1994, has several sensational scoops to his credit. In 1998, he exposed a cheating racket led by Divya Mathaji and her followers in Tiruchi. He broke several stories which caught nation’s attention, including the suicide of 2G scam accused Sadiq Batcha.
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