Ahmedabad-based trader held for cheating

“In January,Nirmal had sent two purchase orders for nine tonnes and 16 tonnes of medical chemicals to a company based in Ghatkopar,Chemix Chemicals,and had also enclosed post-dated cheques with the order. Incidentally,he placed the second order before the company could avail the first cheque issued and while both the orders were dispatched,Chemix learnt that both the cheques had bounced. After they approached us,we registered a formal complaint booking Nirmal for cheating,” said police sub-inspector Ajay Sindkar from the Pant Nagar police station.

“We learnt that Nirmal has not been paying any taxes since December 2008 but he continued to run his business using his old documents. We visited Ahmedabad in March but he had gone into hiding. During a visit in May,we trapped him after one of us pretended to be a prospective client. He was formally arrested on May 8 and was sent to judicial custody on Wednesday,” said Sindkar.

“During interrogation,Nirmal revealed that two-three years back his business suffered huge losses and he was diagnosed with a terminal illness which drove him to fraudulent means of earning a livelihood,” said Sindkar.