Three agro firm owners, agent booked for duping Kandivali businessman of Rs 1.32 crore

According to the police, in 2020, Dewani contacted the complainant and offered him a business deal. He offered the complainant to buy agro products from the firm he knows and then sell it to potential buyers and make profit, the police complaint says. The complainant trusted Dewani and bought coriander seeds from 5 agro firms through Dewani.

Initially in small deals the complainant received money from the buyers and made profit. That’s how Dewani won his trust, the police said.

After few days, on Dewani’s suggestion, the complainant bought coriander seeds from an agro firm and sold it to another firm for Rs 2.6 crore through agent Dewani. However, full payment was not received from the firm which bought the agro product from the complainant.

After the complainant followed up the matter with Dewani, the complainant received Rs 64.15 lakh till June 2022.

Dewani later told the complainant that the agro firm which bought agro product from the complainant was into some financial trouble and hence they offered to give chickpeas instead of the balance money.

The complainant agreed after which the agro firm sent chickpeas worth Rs 66.8 lakh. However, the complainant was yet to get his rest of the Rs 1.32 crore.

Whenever the complainant would ask Dewani for the payment of rest of the balance amount, he would tell him that the agro firm is in a big financial problem.

Sensing something fishy, when the complainant started digging out details about the agro firm, he was shocked to find that the agro firm is owned by the close relatives of Dewani.

In fact, the complainant got to know that all the agro firms from which he was buying agro products and all the firms to which he was selling the agro products through Dewani where all owned by relatives of Dewani, the FIR states.

After this, the complainant realised that Dewani along with his relatives defrauded him to the tune of Rs 1.32 crore.

The Kandivali police have registered a cheating case and are further investigating the matter, said a police officer.