Scamsters aide held,Dutta still at large

Acting on a tip-off,the Ahmedabad police arrested scamster Vinod Duttas business partner,Amrish Chaudhary from Thaltej Crossroads in the city on Friday morning

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Acting on a tip-off,the Ahmedabad police arrested scamster Vinod Duttas business partner,Amrish Chaudhary from Thaltej Crossroads in the city on Friday morning,reportedly just a few hours before he was scheduled to leave the country.

We arrested him around 11.30 am while he was on his way to meet his friend. Chaudharys friend was supposed to take him to the airport, said Inspector SB Trivedi.

According to the police,Chaudhary has eight accounts in various banks in the city,while Dutta has 28 bank accounts. Chaudhary had invested his money in residential properties that includes his two bungalows,apartments and farm houses. The police,however,recovered only a mobile phone from Chaudhary after the arrest.

Meanwhile,Chaudharys wife Monicka is still absconding,the police said.

The couple had partnered with Dutta in running the quick-rich schemes in the city. Dutta too is absconding. Dutta had claimed that if investors deposit money in his company,he would give 4% interest on their shares by trading in NIFTY. Dutta,who operated from his office- Ablaze Fincap Services at Drive-In Road in the city,duped people in Ahmedabad and Rajasthan of around Rs 200 crore.

The police have booked Chaudhary for fraud under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

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