Fraud of Rs 4 crore in the name of getting tender in FCI, UP STF arrested the gang leader:

UP News: Uttar Pradesh STF has got a big success. The kingpin of the gang that duped people of about Rs 4 crore on the pretext of getting them tenders in Food Corporation of India (FCI) has been arrested from Lucknow. The arrested accused has been identified as Arvind Chauhan alias Sagar Khandelwal alias Nazahir Hussain. The accused is originally from Bareilly, but was living in Delhi.

According to the STF, the accused had been duping people for a long time by making fake documents and luring them with the promise of getting contracts and tenders. He had got two fake Aadhaar cards made for himself and had also prepared a fake FCI identity card. Apart from this, a huge cache of fake bank drafts, PAN cards and fake FCI documents has also been recovered from the accused.

Syed Rafat Muin, a resident of Lucknow, had complained to the STF that Arvind and his associates had duped him of Rs 4 crore in the name of getting him an FCI tender worth Rs 140 crore. Investigation revealed that the accused, along with his gang, used to extort money by promising to waive off EMD (Earnest Money Deposit). The accused collected money from Rafat Muin in several installments by showing fake documents.

Based on technical surveillance and information, the STF nabbed Arvind Chauhan near the Police Modern School in Gomtinagar on the night of April 25. During interrogation, the accused revealed his real name as Nazahir Hussain and confessed to the entire conspiracy of cheating. He told that he had earlier also gone to jail in a similar case of cheating in Thane, Maharashtra.

Food Corporation of India (FCI) is a central government agency, which does the work of purchasing, storing and distributing grains across the country. In FCI, contracts for freight and warehouse services are given through tenders. The process of these tenders is transparent, but some people target innocent businessmen by committing fraud.

A case has been filed at Gomtinagar police station.

The STF has registered a case against the accused in Gomtinagar police station and has started further legal action. The police suspect that there may be more members of this gang and similar frauds have been committed in other states as well.