Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
Office-bearers of Active Growth company were booked by Economic Offences Wing (OCW) for duping investors to the tune of Rs 1.34 crore on pretext of double their investment within three months.
The accused have been identified as Ganesh Shriram Kaikade, Vilas Shriram Kaikade and Sushma Ganesh Kaikade, all residents of Plot No. 60, Ayodhya Nagar, near Sai Mandir.
Complainant Vilas Vitthalrao Bobde (60), a resident of Plot No. 383, Vitthal-Rukmini Palace, Laxmi Nagar, lodged a complaint with EoW alleging the accused had collected Rs 28.50 lakh from him and Rs 71.84 lakh from other investors in July 2019 on pretext of doubling the investment. The accused told the investors that the company was investing in foreign currency and forex trading and assured 33.33 % returns per month. They also assured that the returns would increase upto 50 %, 70 % and 100 % periodically. After giving the money to the accused, they had done agreement with the investors and given post dated cheques to them. The victims realised the fraud when the accused failed to give promised returns to them.
On the basis of complaint lodged by the investors, Bajaj Nagar police have registered the case under Sections 409, 420 and 120 (b) of Indian Penal Code read with Section 3 of Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act. Further investigation is on.
A police official said that Shriram Kaikade is the kingpin in the fraud while his wife wife Sushma and brother Vilas helped him in the fraud. The accused have been arrested by EoW on Tuesday and obtained their police custody remand.
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