Raipur. The capital police has arrested an accused who was absconding from Ahmedabad in a fraud case. The accused was absconding for the last one year and the police was trying to catch him. The accused Jaidev Dua had cheated the applicant of Rs 15 lakh for a construction work in front of the TVS showroom located in Fafadeep. This case is from Devendra Nagar police station area.
The applicant had lodged a complaint in the police station that he had given a work order to Jaidev Dua for aluminum composite panel and other material work by Vishal Builder. In return, the applicant had given Rs 5 lakh in advance on March 7, 2019. However, Jaidev sent low quality material, which was not taken back even after repeated requests. After this, Jaidev sent an invoice of Rs 22 lakh, on which the applicant paid another Rs 10 lakh. Still neither the goods were delivered nor any work was done. Due to repeated procrastination by Jaidev Dua, the applicant got the work completed by another contractor. Due to this fraud, the police had registered a crime against the accused under section 420.
After continuous efforts in the case, the police arrested Jaidev from Ahmedabad. During interrogation, he confessed his crime, after which he was brought to Raipur on transit remand and legal action was taken against him.
