Thursday, December 29, 2011

Gold cargo worth Rs.1.44cr goes missing

Gold cargo worth Rs.1.44cr goes missing

Sanjay Babulal Jain, a South Mumbai-based agent dealing in gold, was got a shock of his life when he was informed by the staff at cargo section of Air India that his “high-value parcel” containing gold ornaments and bars worth Rs1.44 crore had gone missing.

It was only hours ago that one of his colleagues had booked the valuables onboard the Mumbai-bound AI 527 flight originating in Hyderabad. “It was shocking and unbelievable, said Jain, who approached the airport police with the complaint last Thursday. Jain, an agent supplying gold to several merchants in the South Mumbai area, said the airport police filed a formal complaint only on Tuesday.

Initial probe has revealed that the parcel indeed arrived at the cargo section, with certain staff members claiming to have seen it covered in four packets. “But, these four packets went missing after their arrival at Mumbai airport. It’s a challenge for us to probe the case, as there are no closed-circuit television cameras inside the cargo section,” said assistant commissioner of police CK Chavan.

The police, while suspecting the involvement of the courier boys, said insider role could not be ruled out. Officials said a high-value parcel should ideally be kept back in the cockpit itself, only to be later escorted to the cargo section by a guard.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Female dope dealer caught after 35 years

The 55-year-old had a network of 150 men working for her to keep tabs on movements of the police

A 55-year-old woman was arrested by the Antop Hill police on Friday evening for dealing in drugs. According to the police, the woman, identified as Savitri Devendra, is a known dealer of heroin and supplied the drug to several socialites and celebrities.
The police said it took them two months to catch Savitri as she has a vast network under her who keep tabs on the cops. According to the police, Savitri has been running her drug business for the past 35 years. Senior police inspector Shamsher Khan Pathan from the Antop Hill police station and his team were waiting for the right opportunity for a long time.
Police said that Savitri could supply up to 25kg of narcotics at a time, thanks to her formidable connections in the drug business. She would take orders on the phone, but it wasn't easy for just anyone to get in touch with her as she entertained only her trusted clients.
Savitri has 150 people in her pay who take care of her business and keep tabs on the actions of Mumbai police's different departments. Antop Hill police knew about her illegal activities but were unable to catch her red-handed.
"We managed to get her after tracking her for two months, but we could seize only 23 grams of heroin as by the time we reached her place she had managed to clear most of her stock," said sub-inspector Anup Dange from the Antop Hill police station.
Savitri reportedly employs ten men to take care of one gang member who actually sells heroin. "These ten men alert the seller whenever the police get close. Even if a cop is 1km away, her men come to know about it," said Dange.
Savitri has been sent to police custody till Monday. "The woman has mentioned many respected names as her clients. We will investigate these individuals also," said Dange.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Fashion designer arrested only after playing 100 cons

Fashion designer arrested only after playing 100 cons

A conwoman was arrested by the Churchgate railway police on Wednesday evening for allegedly cheating more than 100 people by promising them easy loans from any bank and demanding 5% from them as commission.
Pinky Kailash Vohra, 31, a resident of Mira Road, was arrested for forgery and cheating. She was remanded in police custody till December 12 by the Mumbai Central Railway court on Thursday.
According to senior police inspector Megha Kadam of Churchgate railway police station, it was revealed that Vohra had completed a diploma course in fashion designing five years ago, but was unable to support her family.
The convent-educated Vohra speaks fluent English. Kadam added that Vohra is unmarried and was staying in a rented room in Goregaon for the past one year.
According to the police, Vohra read a news report six months ago about a fugitive conman from Delhi who duped several people by promising them huge loans from various banks and made lakhs of rupees by accepting a 5% commission.
Inspired by the idea, Vohra began putting up advertisements in English newspapers in the city claiming to help people get loans. She would meet clients at InOrbit Mall in Goregaon and Dadar railway station.
In November 2011, victim Johnson Ammanna approached Vohra for a bank loan of Rs2 lakh. Vohra met him at Grant Road on November 24, allegedly gave him a cross cheque of Rs2 lakh from Andhra Bank and took Rs10,000 in cash as commission. After the cheque bounced, Ammanna realised he was cheated and lodged a complaint of cheating at Churchgate railway police station.
During investigation, the bounced cheque was found to belong to a man named Chetan Adangale, a customer of the Rajkot branch of Andhra Bank. Adangle had approached Vohra a few days prior seeking a loan of Rs8 lakh for a new business venture. She took three blank cheques with Adanagle's signatures before giving him the 'loan'. Vohra used one of these blank cheques to cheat Ammanna.
The police then collected Vohra's call details from a mobile phone company and set up a trap for her. Vohra was caught red-handed at InOrbit Mall by a police team comprising RT Rathod, YD Jadhav and AR Patil, added Kadam.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

6 months after 76-yr-old woman died, doc arrested for negligence

6 months after 76-yr-old woman died, doc arrested for negligence


A Borivli doctor was arrested on Tuesday for negligence and wrong treatment of a 76-year-old woman, leading to her death.
Six months ago, Meenakshi Murti had died at a Borivli clinic during treatment. Dr Pradeep Vyas works at the clinic.
The complainant, Hemlata Thakur, blamed Raj Jyoti clinic for her mother's death.
"My mother Meenakshi Murti, 76, was admitted to Vyas's clinic on April 25 for treatment. She was discharged on April 29. After two days, she again fell ill and was admitted to the clinic again on May 2 and died on May 6," said Thakur.
"As per Vyas' medical report, Murti had a heart problem and died due to infection in the lungs," she said.
"But the post-mortem and others report suggested that she was not suffering any heart decease. Following the report submitted to JJ Hospital by the investigation officer of Borivli police station, the doctors concluded that the death was not due to the cause told by the doctors of Raj Jyoti clinic. She was suffering from pneumonia," said Thakur.
Thakur alleges that her mother died at 10am and doctor did not inform any family member. The doctors directly sent the body to Bhagwati Hospital and did not mention the cause of death in the death certificate. She said that when the body was sent to Bhagwati Hospital, the doctors did not give the names of the family members. This made it difficult for them to claim the body, Thakur said.
The complainant added, "Earlier, Vyas has done an angioplasty on Murti in 2010 but the stent was not found in her body after the post-mortem."
Thakur said: "I wrote to the police on May 26 complaining about the negligence and also sent a reminder on May 30. After that, the police lodged a complaint against the doctor on June 13."
"We have arrested Vyas for causing death due to negligence and on charge of wrong treatment," said Bhagwan Chate, senior police inspector of Borivli police station.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Dual citizenship needn't impact retirement dues




Can a US citizen, after obtaining dual citizenship, receive the same retirement benefits from the state if she or he chooses to live in India? Also if one is interested in buying property in India, can one send money directly to the seller in instalments?
Dual citizenship is unrelated with the retirement benefits receivable from India and also is unconnected with where she or he lives. As regards social security benefits, since you continue to be a US citizen, you should still get the benefits. And yes, remittances from abroad towards the purchase of property in instalments are possible depending upon its acceptability to the seller.

Over the past few years, I have been investing in Indian mutual funds. Now, I have received a letter from the income-tax office requiring me to explain the source of the funds invested along with documentary evidence, if any. As an NRI, do I have to show source of my income to the department?
The Indian Income Tax Department has started issuing such letters to many investors on the basis of Annual Information Returns (AIR) required to be provided by organisations like mutual funds in respect of some stipulated transactions. Do not worry much about this. All that you have to do is to submit the photocopies of your bank statements to prove that the funds used for investment originated from your income abroad, which is not taxable in India since you are an NRI. This exercise is more to do with anti money-laundering measures taken up by the tax department and it is just to ensure that the funds brought into the country are from legitimate sources and not tainted. If your India income (less exemptions and permissible deductions) is less than `1.80 lakh, in a financial year, you do not have to file tax returns. If the value of your investment has gone up it does not mean you have earned any profit unless you have encashed the same.

A Juhu-based builder, who reneged after amassing lakhs of rupees from several prospective flat buyers, was on Monday night arrested by the Borivli police on cheating and forgery charges.

Builder lands in jail for cheating

A Juhu-based builder, who reneged after amassing lakhs of rupees from several prospective flat buyers, was on Monday night arrested by the Borivli police on cheating and forgery charges. The accused, identified as Nitin Mehta, 63, is a resident of Juhu, and was arrested after a senior citizen complained against him.
According to the complainant, Vasudev Sajnani, 64, of Mahim's Navjeevan Colony, he had bought a flat in Rs6.75 lakh from Mehta of Siddhivinayak Developers in Simpoli area at Borivli (West) in 1992. "Although Mehta drafted an agreement for the flat apart from giving him an allotment letter, two years later, Sajnani came to know that he had sold it to someone else for Rs18 lakh and did not give him possession," said senior inspector Bhagwan Chate of the Borivli police.
"When Sajnani contacted Mehta to inquire about the flat, he was told that he would be given another flat in the same area. After a few months, Mehta offered him three flats — two in Chikoowadi area at Borivli and one in Thakur complex in Kandivali (East). But despite Sajnani approaching Mehta several times, he was not given the possession of any of the flats," said Chate.
In his compliant, Sajnani has also charged Mehta with preparing fake documents and forging his signature while selling his Simpoli flat to another person. "Two years ago, Mehta also offered to give Sajnani a Pune flat with a market cost of Rs2 crore, but even that did not come through," said police officer.
After Sajnani, two more persons approached the Borivli police with complaints against Mehta, stating he had taken money from them for flats that never came by, apart from failing to return their money.
"We have found that there is also a cheating case registered against Mehta with the Kasturba police wherein he had allegedly taken Rs 11 lakh from one Rajsohia in 2001 and was yet to give him a flat," said another police officer.
Mehta was produced in the holiday court and remanded in police custody till December 9.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

update city limouzine fraud

3 more complaints. One in Cochin, One in Kolkata and one in Panipat. Masood will be taken to these cities next.
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is that the ultimate goal?  To keep Masood locked up as soon
as possible? I know I have no right to guide you folks given the fact
that I've not been much help so far, but I'd like to ask, where are we
going with this? Is it better to just forget everything and move on?
Perhaps the wounds might heal if we do that.

If we stick with what we're doing, we've gotta set a goal. Now, what
would that be?

This question is for everyone. Let's plan
collectively and come to a united decision. First we need to get
realistic and accept the fact that we're not going to get back 100% of
the investment. We've got to set a goal which we can achieve in
reasonable time.


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As i am a customer of CITY LIMOUNZINES GROUPS ,and i am not aware of
any processess to be done,to get back my investment.Please send me
various forms like FORM-66 and other  required documents(In the MS
Word format.)

                               Please guide me by various procedures
should be undertaken to file a legal case in order to get my
investment.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

'wonder drug' ADS under LENS

'wonder drug' ADS under LENS

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to pull the plug on television channels that offer air time to promote medicines which guarantee to cure joint pain, impotence and weight reduction.
"We see advertisements published in newspapers, pasted on trains and aired on television promoting various medicines. They are misleading and such advertisements are prohibited under the Drugs and Magic Remedies (objectionable advertisements) Act, 1954," explained Mahesh Zagade, FDA commissioner.
The Act states that no person or company can advertise about a drug that is used for treating impotence, among other medical disorders, unless prescribed by registered medical practitioners.
FDA officials recently filed complaint against a Vashi firm for advertising a capsule to curb obesity and seized goods worth Rs20 lakh.

"We had started sending notices to firms involved in objectionable advertisements related to medicines last month," said KB Shende, joint commissioner, FDA (drugs).
After sending show cause notices to the firms, the FDA now plans to send letters to the television channels and actors, including Jackie Shroff, who are involved in the promotion of such medicines
"With actors promoting such medicines, people get easily convinced. Such advertisements play with people's emotion and expose them to possible complications. We have, therefore, decided to become strict and punish the offenders to set an example," said Shende.
Referring to an advertisement promoting a medicine to cure joint pain relief, which is aired on almost all television channels, Shende said: "The advertisement, which has actors Jackie Shroff and Alok Nath, promoting the product, starts late at night and is played continuously until early morning."
Earlier this year, the police had arrested self-proclaimed scientist and miracle doctor Munir Khan for cheating more than 120 people by claiming that his wonder drug, Body Revival, could cure all diseases, including cancer.
The wonder drug was priced at Rs16,000 for a 100 ml bottle. According to doctors, people are likely to be taken in by such tall claims, especially if they promoted by actors, and realise their folly only when it is too late.
Dr Dilip Nadkarni, consulting orthopaedic surgeon at Lilavati Hospital, said: "I had operated on a patient who was on self-medication of a formulation, which had high lead content. Its regular intake had weakened the one of the patient's muscle power. I am happy that the FDA is taking the right step to curb this menace."
"Unless it is a nutritional supplement, people should avoid self-medications via advertisements. A medicine that promises to relieve you from ailments, such as joint pain, should not be believed unless it is prescribed by a certified medical practitioner," Dr Nadkarni advised.
Dr Sudhir Pillai, interventional cardiologist, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital agrees.
"We keep getting two types of cases. In the first, there are patients with controlled blood pressure and diabetes because they were taking some questionable medicines for an ailment. In the second type, a patient diagnosed with blockage in heart, opt for hearsay treatment. Initially they do well because of placebo effect, but come back to us with more blockages or even a heart attack," Dr Pillai said.
He added that most of these questionable medicines have high metal content, which leads to complication.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Phone calls demanding your details may put you in a soup

Fraudsters duping people on the pretext of information confirmation, or presenting lucrative offers, are on the prowl

If you are being offered a privilege card over the phone by someone claiming to be a bank executive, beware. Chances are high that instead of a bank employee, a cyber criminal is calling you. These scammers are such trained professionals, they will speak in fluent English and offer attractive deals and also transfer your call on IVR to make it sound genuine.


Representative pic

Don't bank on it
According to a complainant, one Sandesh Bhalerao, a Delhi-based company --PLAT5 -- called him on behalf of a leading bank and offered attractive shopping deals. They also disclosed his address and other details to him, to sound authentic. "I got a call from Plat5 Consultancy from Delhi (+911409560031). They had my address details with them. They contacted me stating that since I am a privileged credit card customer for the bank, they would issue me another shopping card which will give me 25 per cent discount on all purchases as well as free gifts, like holiday packages. They even said that the call was being recorded for quality control," Sandesh said .

"They said that nothing will be charged and the card will be issued in 10-15 days. For this reason, I agreed. As they had my basic details, so without smelling any foul play, I answered some more of their questions and verified my credit card expiry date. Further, they told me for online verification purpose, I need to get the OTP (one time password) from the bank, which I did. Then they transferred my call to IVR and I entered the 16-digit card number, its expiry date, CVV number and the OTP. The person was online during this process," Sandesh informed.

Booked and verified
"The verification was successful and they provided me with a booking number (59061). Even though I had not entered an amount anywhere, immediately I received an SMS on my mobile which read, "Thank you for using your card ending with XXXX for Rs 4964.00 in New Delhi at IVRPlat5 Consultancy P on 2011-11-08: 12:27:10." I then realised that all this was fraud," Sandesh said in his complaint to the bank.

Sandesh, however, is not alone to suffer at the hands of such criminals. Similar was the experience of other customers who were duped in a similar fashion. One Gaurav Singhal said, "In the month of October, I got a call from a Plat5 Privilege Holidays sales person told me about some interesting offers, like 25 per cent discount on every purchase et al. They told me that the card was totally free for the first year, after which, if I am interested, I have to pay Rs 4,964 for the second year. Then for direct customer verification, they asked me for the IVR. But in my card statement I found they had already deducted Rs 4,964. They have forcefully sold me the card which I never bought".

The bank claims they are not in contract with any such company and they do not authorise any private firm to ask for credit card details from their customers. Customers should not disclose there details on phone or email. They are also enquiring into the matter. MiD Day tried to find the fraudulent Plat5 Company but could not get in touch. The number provided by the complainant is unavailable.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Goat trader at Deonar scratches an itch, gets robbed




The traders at Deonar goat and sheep market had a tough time conducting business during Eid-ul-Zuha this year. The reason was a gang stealing their hard-earned money by throwing itching powder on them.
The goat and sheep market at Deonar is one of the biggest markets in the city which sells goats and sheep during Eid-ul-Zuha. According to an estimate, over 20,000 traders, big and small, from all over the country bring their animals here to sell them. "It happened right in front of the police personnel," said Mohammed Aslam Quereshi, president, All India Sheep and Goat Breeders and Dealers Association.
Ahsaan Ali, a trader from Rajasthan, was robbed of Rs2.16 lakh. Ali, in his statement, said that a man in his thirties asked him about the rate of a goat. Ali told him that it had been sold.
The sources said that the accused threw a powder on Ali without anyone noticing it. Ali started itching all over. He ran towards the association's office and kept his bag containing Rs2.16 lakh there and then went to a bathroom. "The accused followed him. He picked up the bag and jumped over the 10-feet boundary wall to escape," said Aamir Sheikh, an eyewitness. The witnesses said that when Ali realised what happened, he raised an alarm, but the accused had disappeared.
Another trader, Mohammed Yunus, was also targeted. However, Yunus handed his cash to one of his friend for safe-keeping. Sohail Ansari, a trader said: "Several similar instances have taken place in the 10-12 days preceding Eid, but they have not been reported".

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

City Hospitalities Ltd

Some of the investors have invested their hard earned money in City Hospitalities Ltd., a sister concern of City group.  As the investors were requested to file complaints with the ROC, Mumbai about cheating by the City Group, one of the investors has raeceived a letter from Dy.Registrar of Companies Mumbai to-day informing that Complaint against City Hospitalities Ltd., is to be submitted before O/O ROC, Gwalior as the company is registered at ROC Gwalior.  This is for the information of City Hospitalities investors for needful.

Credit card interest rates touch 56% pa





Do not get caught in the vortex of revolving credit when it comes to your credit card. For, you may end up paying Rs156 for every Rs100 that is overdue on your card.
Keeping pace with rising rates, the interest rate on credit card dues has moved up every quarter in the past year to 56% at present.
Are you now wondering how this slipped past your eye?
Banks issuing credit cards often quote a particular rate for the mandatory disclosure of the Annualised Percentage Rate (APR) but apply it differently while calculating the outstanding.
The calculation on credit card dues is done on the basis of the APR, which currently ranges from 37-42%, depending on individual banks and credit scores of customers. The annual rate is divided across the year. The current monthly compound interest rate ranges from 3.1% to 3.5%. An additional service tax of 10.3% is levied to arrive at the outstanding.
Normally, banks issue a monthly interest rate; but how they compound it for every cardholder depends on the banks. The rates vary across cards and banks. As they publish monthly and not yearly figures, if the credit taken is not repaid in time, the compounding effect can be costly.
"The current APR, 42%, is shocking compared to the interest rates on home, personal, educational and car loans," Deepak Bhalla, a resident of Vashi, said. "By the time the bill reaches me with the monthly compound interest and service tax, the rate goes up to 56%."

Justifying the high interest rate on credit cards, a spokesperson of a leading multinational bank said, "A key parameter while deciding the rate is incidents of default, if any, by a cardholder." He said banks structure the rates in such a way that the net yield from cards minimises losses on account of defaults. But incentives such as reward programmes and gifts are often woven into credit card packages for deserving customers."
Experts say the prohibitive rates should act as a deterrent.
"At best, one should use the credit card for cash or overshoot the repayment by a week. For a longer period, one should rely on some other source and credit card should be the last resort," Harsh Roongta, CEO of apnapaisa.com, said.
Suresh Sadagopan, who runs Ladder 7 financial advisory services, said the revolving credit was never a good option.
"All banks disclose their interest rates and still clients fall for it," he said. "Banks like ICICI and HDFC disclose what they charge. Banks are charging 42% interest on average, which is extremely high. It is shocking how the RBI lets this happen."

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Two women arrested for stealing one kg silver

Two women arrested for stealing one kg silver

Nerul police have arrested two women for allegedly stealing one kg of silver from a jewellery shop in Nerul. Of the three accused who fled with the jewellery, two have been arrested, while one of them is still absconding, a police official from Nerul police station said. The women have been identified as Muktabai Shinde, 45 and Malabai Kengar, 50, both residents of Mohane Ambivali in Kalyan.
On October 17, Shantilal Soni, owner of a jewellery shop had gone out and had asked his 18-year-old son to take care of the shop. While Soni's son was in the shop, three women came to the shop. All the three women entered in a gap of few minutes. They acted as if they were unknown to each other. They asked him to show silver anklets. Soni's son showed them anklets weighing around 1 kg to the ladies. One of the woman kept the boy engrossed in talks while the other two managed to flee away with the box of anklets.
By the time the boy learnt about the theft, it was too late. He ran behind the two ladies but could not catch hold of them. Meanwhile, the third woman who was in the shop also fled away.
After the incident, Soni registered case with Nerul police. The police got the CCTV footage which showed that the two women had made away with the box of anklets. The images of women were released and the investigations started. During the course of investigation, police got a tip off that women doing such thefts stayed in areas of Mohane Ambivali in Kalyan and accordingly they raided the area and arrested them. "We have recovered half kg of stolen valuables and the rest is with the third woman who is still absconding. We have launched a hunt to find her," an official said.

Friendship club racket busted, two arrested


The crime branch arrested two people for
running a fake friendship club that claimed to
provide people with a chance to earn money
and meet high profile women. The police
were acting on a complaint by one Ahmed,
who was lured to deposit Rs10,000 into the
account of a woman identified as Neha
Kapoor with the promise that he would get to
have sexual relations with her. However,
when Kapoor did not turn up, Ahmed realised
he had been cheated and lodged a complaint
at Oshiwara police station. The arrested have
been sent to police custody till November 11.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Man seeks 'friends', conned Friendship Club Fraud

Vasant Gosavi was perhaps just hoping to make some new friends when he enrolled in the Nandani Friendship Club. But he forgot to read the fine print. The 58-year-old was conned of Rs13.64 lakh by the club, which promised to 'cater' to his needs.
After having nabbed a member of the club — Anil Kumar Maurya, the police suspect the hand of an inter-state gang that lures people into joining the club and later blackmails them.
According to the police sources, Gosavi, a resident of Mahavir Nagar in Kandivali (W) who works as an accountant at a city-based college, had come across an advertisement for Nandani Friendship Club in a newspaper a few months ago.
The intrigued accountant called up at the office number of the club and his phone was answered by one Sagar.
"Sagar told him to deposit Rs4,000 to become a member of the club and assured that he will be introduced to a few girls to strike up a friendship. Gosavi deposited Rs4,000 in a bank account given to him by Sagar," said a crime branch officer.
Since that day, Gosavi has paid around Rs13.64 lakh in different instalments to the club. "The club has been taking money from him for providing more entertainment. However, the club could not deliver as promised by them. Whenever Gosavi used to call up the club, members used to blackmail him by saying that they would defame him in public," said a police officer.
Once the relations soured, Gosavi realised that he had been cheated and lodged a complaint with the Charkop police station.
The Kandivali unit of the crime branch was also doing parallel investigations into the case and arrested Maurya.
"Maurya revealed that while he is the Mumbai point-person of the gang, the racket operates from Varanasi and Mirjapur district in Uttar Pradesh. We suspect several people could have been cheated by this club. We have also learnt that a bank manager has also been cheated of Rs5 lakh by the club on a similar pretext," said a crime branch officer.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Thane-based Karrm Infrastructure - I-T officers raid Thane builder

I-T officers raid Thane builder

Thane-based Karrm Infrastructure's blockbuster advertising campaign, promising an unheard of 70 amenities with an apartment that costs less than Rs6 lakh, solicited response from an unexpected quarter — the income tax department. A team of IT officials raided the Naupada office of Karrm Infrastructure on Friday morning and the search operations continued through the day, with the IT officials seeking details about the 'unusual' business operations of the builder and seizing documents from the premises of the developer. Confirming the raid, an IT officer who requested not to be named said, "We will seek explanation for certain transactions and appropriate action will be taken against the developer."
The IT raid came as a big blow to the developer, who had launched a renewed effort just last week to get fresh bookings after being rapped by the High Court for using the name of a reputed builder. As reported earlier, after being reprimanded for using the name Ekkta Group, the builder changed the name to Karrm Infrastructure and announced the same through a big-budget advertising campaign. "Instead of attracting the home buyers, the advertisements ended up attracting the Income Tax officials," said a source, adding that given the wafer-thin margins involved in low budget deals, the IT blow may be too much to bear for the new developer.
On September 28, the High Court had given an injunction restraining Ekkta from using the name of the firm, pending the final outcome of a Rs 50-crore defamation case filed against it by Ekta Group. Even the HC order had come at a time when Ekkta was aggressively marketing its Ekkta Residency project near Shahpur in Thane, widely promoting the selling out of three phases in record time and soliciting bookings for the fourth phase.
While Ketan Patel, the promoter of Karrm Infrastructure refused to offer comment on the raids, his legal adviser Advocate CM Gandhi said that the IT action was a routine survey. "The officials conducted the search operations at the office of Karrm and the necessary information was given to them," Gandhi said.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

2 bank managers held for cheating


Two co-operative bank managers were arrested by the police for allegedly duping a man of Rs15 lakh, in connivance with a bank customer.
"Gajanan Pawar, 56, manager of Raigad Sahakari Bank, Kalachowky and Dattaram Desai, 56, manager of Apna Sahakari Bank, Naigon branch, were arrested for cheating and forgery on Wednesday," said senior Police Inspector Sudhakar Ghagre. The accused have been remanded to judicial custody till November 4.
Yashwant Dhawade, 45, resident of Borivli (West) stated that he got Rs15 lakh after selling is land in 2006.
In 2010, his friend Avinash Gaikwad, electrical contractor, took the same Rs15 lakh from him on the pretext of depositing it in Apna Sahakari Bank and Raigad Shakari Bank.
When Dhawade recently visited both the banks he discovered that someone had forged the signatures and had withdrawn all his money.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Beware, multi-level marketing conmen, cops can pin you down

How do you sniff out a con? Know the ways of deceit inside out. Ask the policemen from across the state who were recently apprised by industry experts of the functioning of Multi-level Marketing (MLM) companies and of ways to handle cases of fraud in them.
The training was organised by the Mumbai police unit in light of the rise in number of MLM frauds.
"Those who have established legal MLM models as consultants for foreign companies in India imparted knowledge to the police," said an officer from the economic offences wing (EOW).
The concept of MLM was discussed at length by the industry experts. "The training covered all facets — from defining MLM and its legal aspects to identifying whether a company has a proper business model or not," said the officer.
The day-long session, held at the Mumbai Police Club on Azad Maidan, was attended by 150 personnel from Thane, Nashik and Pune.
"The reason we took this training and called industry experts was to make each policeman aware of such frauds, on the approach to an MLM fraud case and how it needs to be investigated," said Rajvardhan, Additional Commissioner of Police, EOW.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

City Hospitalities India Limited

company submitted its results to ROC on and Sanjay Jhalani is

Director, Member of Audit Committee and Member of Share Transfer
Committee, City Hospitalities India Limited early stage when Masood
was MD and Director his brother Shailendra Jhalani was earlier
Executive director of company

#  > June, 2010
#        > Sept, 2010
#        > Dec., 2010
#        > March, 2011

The Company was promoted by Sh. Sanjay Jhalani in the year 1994 with
the name of “INFOQUEST SOFTWARE EXPORTS LIMITED” with an object of
development of software and to provide support for different types of
computer software. Afterwards, the company changed it’s name to “CITY
HOSPITALITIES LIMITED” in the year 2008 with a view to diversify and
expand business in the field of hospitalities, infrastructure and
other related activities.

Though I have no investment in this Company some Of my friend Advocate
from Indore provided all input about the company after checking it
from ROC Gwalior

Friday, October 14, 2011

City Hospitalities India Ltd.

Dear Investors
whoever invested the money in City Hospitalities  India Ltd. This
Company is still working and changed its Directors. Address of this
company. Head office # 102, Mittal Tower, B -Wing, 9th Floor, Nariman
Point, Mumbai-400 021.
 And registered  CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS :  87 Saket Nagar Info House
Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452001,India
REGISTERED OFFICE : 415, Onam Plaza, Near Industry House,  A.B. Road,
INDORE-452001 .

Earlier Directors of the company are as followes :
 i.Mr. Sayed Mohammed Masood - Managing Director and Whole Time Director
ii.Mr. Shailendra Jhalani Executive Director
iii.Mr. Subhash Krishna Chitale Executive Director
iv. SANJAY JHALANI  Director, Member of Audit Committee and Member of
Share Transfer Committee,  City Hospitalities India Limited
v. Geeta Umar  Razzaki  Board of Directors
vi. Ramesh Mishra  Board of Directors
vii. Seema Razzaki  Board of Directors

Present Directors :
1.      Mr. SANJAY JAHLANI
2.      Mr. SAMIR MANNA
3.      Mr. GAUTAM SEN
4.      Mr. SUBHENDU MITRA

so whoever invested in City Hospitalities submit your complain to
Registrar of Companies
3RD FLOOR, 'A' Block, SANJAY COMPLEX
JAYENDRA GANJ, GWALIOR
PHONE: 0751-2321907  / FAX: 0751-2331853
roc.gwalior@mca.gov.in

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Dr Ashok Jadeja, accused of swindling crores of Chhara community members fraud investments

ED to interrogate scamster Jadeja



The chief magistrate court, Ahmedabad (rural), granted permission to the department of Enforcement Directorate (ED) to interrogate Ashok Jadeja for the case registered under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
The central agency has filed application seeking permission to interrogate Jadeja on Saturday. As per the application filed by ED, Jadeja is chargesheeted for the offence under section 420 and 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code, which is a scheduled offence under section 2 (y) of the PMLA.
The enforcement agency had also registered a case against Jadeja to further investigate the case. However, the agency in their application stated that for further investigation and to ascertain various facts relating to fraudulent nets, they need to examine Jadeja and record his statement under section 50 of PMLA, 2002.
Hence the team of officials of the agency which included assistant director, Shamim Parwez; enforcement officer, PL Dev and assistant enforcement officer, RK Meena, be allowed to record Jadeja's statement between July 5 and July 11.
Jadeja was arrested in June 2009 by the state CID for duping thousands of people of the Chhara community. Jadeja had reportedly designed a scheme to cheat people because his clinic in Sarkhej was not fetching him enough earnings. He presented himself as a priest of the Mata Sikotar temple and claimed to have divine powers. He promised people to return thrice the amount of money they entrusted him with in three days.
After the CID had registered the case and arrested Jadeja and his associates, the enforcement agency had also soon started investigating the case under PMLA. Jadeja had through this scheme swindled as much as Rs 550 crores and had invested most of the amount in real estate.

 Godman invested R 33 crore in gold, land; SOG probe on

Self-proclaimed godman Ashok Jadeja who was caught in connection with a multi-crore scam had invested Rs 33 crore in land, gold and luxurious properties. Conman Jadeja was lodged in Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad and was recently taken into the state Special Operation Group's custody on production warrant.
SOG is now trying to probe further about his investment of the fraud money. "Jadeja had nearly 165 bighas of land, jewellery and three luxury cars. More of his investments are expected to be disclosed as he will be in police custody till Wednesday during which efforts will be made for recovering money for the victims," said an SOG officer.
He targeted the lower sections of the communities and had his network spread out in several states. However most of his victims were in Gujarat from where he had initiated the ring. The first police complaint against Jadeja was filed on May 13, 2009 by a resident, Daulat Singh Sashi, of Barmer district. He accused the Godman to have duped him of Rs 22.85 lakh. Soon more complaints cropped up from other states.
According to SOG officials, there are several cases registered against the accused in states of Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana. In Rajasthan alone, more than a dozen cases were registered as many claimed duped by Jadeja. He was alleged to have siphoned off more than Rs 1,000 crore through the scam.
"Many of the cases registered in Rajasthan come under jurisdiction of Gujarat police and the documents are sent to Ahmedabad for an FIR to be registered there, SOG will investigate the remaining six cases," said another SOG official.
The accused was arrested in May 2009 following which he has been sought by police of various states for interrogation.

Desperate for justice, man attempts suicide in court

The misfortune of losing lakhs of rupees to a conman, coupled with desperation to get the money back, prompted a 50-year old to attempt suicide during court proceedings in the city on Thursday.
And as cops added, there couldn't have been a better place for the man to draw attention to his plight, than the courtroom!
The man, identified as Balvant Rathod, is a resident of Krishna Tower near Priya cinema in Krishnanagar. He allegedly tried to commit suicide by consuming a poisonous beverage he was carrying with himself. The suicide bid took place in front of the chief judicial magistrate at the metropolitan court in Mirzapur.
Rathod was one of the hundreds of victims of conman Ashok Jadeja. He reportedly lost around Rs10 lakh to the conman, and was fighting for justice. It is the delay in the case that is being spoken of as being the reason behind Rathod's extreme step.
Sources said that at 12.45 pm, on hearing that Jadeja was not coming to the hearing, Rathod attempted to take his life. Some eyewitnesses also said that before Rathod was taken to the hospital, he uttered something about not being given justice.
"We are not sure of the reasons that prompted the man to attempt suicide. As of now, he is still unconscious, and has been admitted to VS Hospital where he is undergoing treatment. We will be able to explain the reasons for his action only after getting his version of the incident," said KN Rathva, sub-inspector with Shahpur who is investigating the case.
Jadeja and his accomplices allegedly duped hundreds of people with promises to triple their money. Police sources said that Rathod is one of the hundreds of these victims who lost their entire life's savings to the conman and his gang. Police inspector of Shahpur, KP Rathod, however, said that the matter is presently being investigated.
"The victim was unconscious in the hospital, and so we could not get his statement. Hence we are not clear about his motives. We are trying to get statement of the judicial magistrate who was present at the hearing," said Rathod.

Bade miyan to bade miyan, chhote miyan subhan allah

Con man’s Ashok Jadeja’s sibbling accumulated assets worth around Rs 3.33 crore
  
The cash, jewellery and property documents 
recovered from the bungalow of Kanti Jadeja


If the volume of wealth amassed by con man Dr Ashok Jadeja is baffling, the assets accumulated by his absconding brother, Kanti Jadeja, are equally envious. Conducting a raid on the latter’s luxurious bungalow at Bopal on Monday, CID (Crime) sleuths unearthed documents of property worth around Rs 3.33 crore.

Acting on a tip-off, Deputy Superintendent of Police of CID (Crime) RK Patel conducted a raid with his team on Kanti’s bungalow at Harsh-II on the western fringes of the city. He had purchased the house for Rs 27 lakh and took its possession last December.

He had put up a fake nameplate on the entrance to his house apparently to fox his neighbours.

If the looks and the size of the bungalow baffled the cops, more shock was in store for them inside it.

Kanti Jadeja’s election card confiscated by cops
The team stumbled upon fixed deposit certificates amounting to Rs 1 lakh, documents of 10 godowns own by Kanti in different parts of the city and passbooks of different bank accounts. The sibling of the conman had whopping Rs 40 lakh balance in one of his bank accounts. Rs 45 lakh more were stacked in three others.

The bank balance of Kanti to the tune of Rs 85 lakh stumped the raiding team for sure. But they were bowled over by the seized designer golden bangles, sparkling necklaces and rings.

The seized documents also proved that Kanti had invested over Rs 77 lakh in purchasing land in different places.

The Deputy Superintendent of Police of CID (Crime) said: “The documents seized from Kanti’s house prove that he had invested a huge sum of money in real estate. Besides, we have seized around Rs 85 lakh from his different bank accounts.”

Remand extended

Extending the remand of conman Dr Ashok Jadeja further, Judicial Magistrate RM Parikh on Monday sent him to seven-day police custody. NB Nagori, PI  of CID (Crime), produced the accused before the court seeking 14-day remand. Public prosecutor Harivadan Chauhan argued that the remand of the trickster should be extended because the future course of investigation into the scam hinged on the report of the narco analysis test conducted on him at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Gandhinagar.

The bungalow of Kanti Jadeja, the sibling of con man Ashok Jadeja
Chauhan claimed that only Jadeja could throw light on the whereabouts of his absconding brothers — Kanti Jadeja, advocate Hadmat Jadeja, Khimji Jairam — and other relatives, including his mother and nephews. After hearing the arguments, the court sent Jadeja to  seven-day police custody.

Jadeja knocks SC door
Dr Ashok Jadeja, accused of swindling crores of Chhara community members, has filed a petition in Supreme Court seeking that proceedings of all the cases lodged against him in different states be conducted in Gujarat.

The swindled Chhara community members, on the other hand, have filed a writ petition in the apex court demanding a CBI inquiry into the scam.


Diabolic Divine Dupe

Clearly, this was a well-oiled joint family fraud, minting millions with magic realism, super conman Jadeja style
Hardnews Bureau Ahmedabad
Old tricks still work. Ashok Jadeja, a fake doctor from Ahmedabad who duped thousands, proved it. He exploited human foibles like greed and blind faith to amass a stupendous Rs 1,800 crore.
Jadeja alias Ashok Jeram Chhara, 35, operated in the guise of a homoeopathic doctor. His modus operandi was simple: he spread the word that he was bestowed with divine powers which he could use to triple any sum of money. The lure of easy money coated in divine grace was too strong for many to ignore. Hence, they swallowed the bait.
Among his preys were the educated and well-to-do. They gave Jadeja large sums of money hoping to see it multiply. But, once the scam was unearthed, reality hit home. Jadeja had gobbled up all the money and tried to pull off a disappearing act. But, his luck ran out.
On May 31, Jadeja was arrested. Soon after, the magnitude of the fraud came to light. He had cast his net in at least 11 states including Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, UP, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Most of those duped belong to the Chhara community, a denotified tribe. Jadeja, alias Ashok Didawala, belongs to this community, but later changed his surname. He exploited the beliefs of his community by saying that he was blessed by Sikotar Mata, a diety worshipped by the Chharas. And, that the mother goddess invested him with a divine power to triple money.
Chharas were branded as criminals by the British. They are among the 150 tribes denotified post-independence. They primarily live in Gujarat. Chharanagar near Naroda in eastern Ahmedabad and another locality near Ahmedabad airport are home to the Chharas. A section of them are involved in bootlegging, stealing and petty crimes.
The Chhara community is close knit and has its own systems to resolve disputes and mete out justice. Generally, they stay away from the police and don't usually lodge complaints at police stations. That's one reason why the fraud remained undetected for six months even though several lawyers and police officers had put their money with Jadeja.
The modus operandi was meticulously planned. Jadeja and his wife, Neelu, were arrested on May 31 from Ahmedabad by the CID (crime). Only after their arrest, the web of deceit spun was unravelled. Jadeja reportedly told the police that he hatched the plan as he did not earn enough from his clinic at Sarkhej in west Ahmedabad. It is alleged that his homoeopathy degree is fake. Apparently, it was 'bought' from a college in Bihar for Rs 3.5 lakh after Jadeja failed to finish a course in an Ahmedabad college.
Investigations revealed that the brain behind the big fraud was Jadeja's aunt, Manbai Rasiklal Chhara. And, his cousin, Shaitansinh (literally, Devil-sinh), was the main operator. Both are now in police custody.
It was apparently Manbai's idea that Jadeja must claim divine powers to triple a sum of money in three days. Accordingly, Jadeja started off with small sums to win the trust of people and establish a name Initially, he took Rs 200 from the gullible and promised to return Rs 600 in three days.
RK Patel, deputy superintendent of police of CID (crime), heading the investigation, said that Manbai accompanied Jadeja to all the functions. She would tell people that her nephew was blessed with special powers by Sikotar Mata and encouraged them to deposit money with him. She would hold meetings in areas inhabited by the Chhara community and effectively spread the message about her nephew's magic powers.
Once the fraud scheme gained credence and people started queuing up to triple their money, Jadeja hiked up the amount of money to be deposited with him. Also, he increased the time for repayment from a week to a fortnight and 28 days. For quite some time, Jadeja actually returned investors thrice the amount as promised. That won him their confidence.
Soon, his fame spread far and wide within the Chhara community, beyond Ahmedabad and Gujarat, to various parts of the country. With fame, Jadeja grew secure in his belief that his fraud will never be discovered. His ambition soared as investors made a beeline to multiply their money.
With expanding business, Jadeja appointed agents in other states to rope in community members. His agents received one per cent commission against the money they brought him.
So far, 16 persons have been arrested in the Rs 1,800 crore scam. Among them are Jadeja's wife, aunt, sisters and brothers-in-law apart from some of the agents he appointed. Clearly, this was a well-oiled joint family enterprise.
Police are on the lookout for other agents who were part of Jadeja's network. "He had appointed several agents to bolster his scheme. We are trying to nab over 40 persons involved in the scam," said Patel.
Around 3,000 persons have been duped by Jadeja, according to police estimates. The conman invested around Rs 50 crore of his ill-gotten wealth in property and gold. But the police are in a fix as most of the property has not been bought in his own name. A land document has been retrieved from one of Jadeja's agents which shows a 250-bigha land along the Ahmedabad-Bavla road worth Rs 25 crore. This property is in the name of a farmer who turned out to be a proxy buyer.
Police have seized Rs six crore from Jadeja. (Rs 1.98 crore in cash, jewellery and vehicles). Investigators have stumbled upon land deals worth Rs 34 crore. "Since Jadeja bought little in his name, it's a legal hassle to pin him. To crack this case, we are trying to track a farmer, a property agent and a fake owner of several of Jadeja's properties. In several cases, the owner is usually a poor farmer whose name was used to protect the real owner," said Patel.
In these property deals, farmers who sold the land have been served notices by CID (crime) and have been asked to surrender the money that Jadeja paid them. Else, their property would be attached by court.
However, there seems little hope for investors who deposited their money in the hope of seeing it grow. As of now, they can only count their losses.

 

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Court grants bail to 12 in City Limouzines scam

Court grants bail to 12 in City Limouzines scam

A sessions court on Tuesday granted bail to 12 accused arrested in the City Limouzines scam in 2009. All the accused, including managing director of the investment company Sayyed Massood, were granted bail against a surety of Rs 1 lakh. The accused, however, who have over 21 cases pending against them across the city, will remain behind bars as they have not been granted bail in the other cases.
One of the conditions in the bail order directs the accused to cooperate with the police and be present for investigation as and when needed.
Advocate Shariff Shaikh, who represents one of the accused Kaiser Beg, a chartered accountant working with the company, said, “The property of over Rs 400 crore seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will be used to repay the investors, who claimed to have been cheated by the company. This is one of the bail conditions.”

Friday, September 30, 2011

Sapphire Investment Solutions (SIS), an investment firm fraud scam

After SpeakAsia, another investment scam unearthed


After the city police unearthed the alleged multi-crore fraud case involving investment firm SpeakAsia, many more such companies are now coming under the scanner of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW). EOW officials on Thursday arrested a science graduate for allegedly running a dubious money doubling scheme. The accused has allegedly cheated several people of crores of rupees.
The accused has been identified as Rajesh Rambali Singh, 28, a resident of Sanjan village near Valsad in Gujarat. Singh was picked up from his rental accommodation in Mumbai Central.
EOW sources said that Singh had set up Sapphire Investment Solutions (SIS), an investment firm with an office at Laxmi Industrial Estate in Andheri (W), in 2010. Singh used to conduct seminars in Mumbai and Thane to sell the scheme.
"Singh used to promise a monthly return of 16% on an investment of Rs1 lakh. He used to lure prospective investors by explaining to them how he would do that: Reinvest that amount in stock and commodity markets from where the total return would be 20%. Out of that 20% return, the investor would get 16% (Rs16,000) and the remaining 4% would be his company's administrative fees. Rs16,000 every month from an investment of Rs1 lakh was quite an allurement," said an EOW officer, explaining Singh's modus operandi.
He added that once few people invested their money, Singh initially made genuine payments to the investors to gain their trust.
The police attributed the success of having unearthed this case to the SpeakAsia investigations. "After the SpeakAsia case was unearthed, people were suspicious about investing their money in such schemes. This resulted in less inflow of money into Singh's business, after which he started defaulting in making payments and his post-dated cheques started bouncing. Disgruntled investors approached the police and lodged a complaint against Singh," said the officer.
"We have Singh in police custody and are investigating his bank balance and property details and if more persons are involved along with him in this business. We suspect this to be a multi-crore fraud," the officer said.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

SpeakAsia investors pocketed Rs.1,052 cr Police sure that they are hand in glove with the company officials in carrying out the operations

SpeakAsia investors pocketed Rs.1,052 cr

Police sure that they are hand in glove with the company officials in carrying out the operations
A total of Rs1,052 crore is believed to have been usurped by top panellists or members of SpeakAsia, said police sources.
This was learnt during investigations into the multi-crore fraud in the multi-level marketing company.
SpeakAsia, an online survey company, has collected crores of rupees from users by promising huge payments for filling its survey, said the police sources.
"Investigations have revealed that Rs1,052 crore has been pocketed by the company's top panellists. They can also be booked under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act," said an Economic Offences Wing (EOW) officer.
"The bank accounts of some of the panellists showed balance of crores of rupees. We are getting more details about such panellists as we are sure they are hand in glove with the company officials in carrying out the operations," he added.
According to sources in the EOW, after the alleged fraud came into light, the police had gone through the company's data in the computer and came across some startling facts.
The data showed that in 2010, there were only 42 members but by 2011, each month there was an increase of one lakh members.
"Once a member joins up and pays a fee of Rs11,000, SpeakAsia allows them to respond to market research which clients want conducted. Members also earn reward points that can be encashed for giving opinions on product and other promotional strategies," said Himanshu Roy, joint commissioner of police, crime.
The investigations have revealed that there were 35,60,00 panellists in Maharashtra, excluding 13,00,00 from Mumbai.
The highest numbers of panellists were from Uttar Pradesh, with 77,00,00 people investing their money in the company. Even people from far off places such as Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry and Sikkim were allegedly conned, the police said.
Another startling revelation that came into light was that SpeakAsia had allegedly created PIN for non-existent members.
"It has been learnt that 850 panellists were non-existent and their PIN or membership ID was generated by SpeakAsia itself. This was to gain confidence of people and lure them in investing into the company," said the officer.
"We have sent a Letter of Rogatory (letter seeking details about an accused) to the Singapore government through diplomatic channels and details of properties and bank accounts of Harinder Kaur, the mastermind behind the whole fraud has been sought," said additional commissioner of police, EOW, Rajvardhan.

Applying for driving licence? Agent a must for smooth ride

Applying for driving licence? Agent a must for smooth ride

Correspondents relate their nightmarish experience at the Andheri RTO



You may be a staunch supporter of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement, but to get any job done at any of the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) in Mumbai, you will have to see an agent. Two DNA correspondents saw for themselves the complete mess city's RTOs are in.

Be it getting a duplicate licence or learner's licence, the Andheri RTO has only one option: Catch hold of an agent and just sit in a corner. At any given point of time, there are more agents hovering around the RTO than those who need a licence. Also, there is not a single board instructing which form is needed for what and from which window can it be obtained.
When the correspondents decided to track the working of an RTO without taking any agent's help and obviously without revealing they were journalists, the experience was shocking. Andheri RTO was selected as a test case, with one of the two journalists needing a duplicate licence (a smart card) and another needing a learner's licence.
The nightmare began from the first step itself. The employee distributing the forms herself did not have an idea which form should be given. No proper space or a shaded area on the premises was provided where applicants could sit and fill the forms. And worse, basic items, such as glue and stapler needed for clipping documents and sticking photographs, were not available.
There was no mention of any checklist, which would have helped applicants know which documents need to be attached while submitting their licence applications.
While our correspondents waited mindlessly in queues, and changed from one to another, a number of seasoned people were easily jumping the queues and getting their job done. Needless to say they were all touts.

With at least 25 to 30 forms in hand, they were often seen disturbing the officials, who were letting them get their work done faster than others.
The correspondents also found that there were no facilities for handicapped people and women. There was a separate queue for women outside the window accepting applications for learner's licence, but none of the women standing in the general queue were aware of it or informed by officials.
Handicapped applicants were also standing in the same queue.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The state government is planning to introduce a Victim Compensation Scheme (VCS), where victims of serious offences will be compensated by the government.

Financial help scheme for crime victims on anvil


The state government is planning to introduce a Victim Compensation Scheme (VCS), where victims of serious offences will be compensated by the government.
Home department sources revealed that they had come across several instances, where families of those whom were either killed, injured or made disabled by the criminal elements had come under severe financial crisis. Under Section 357 (a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), compensation should be provided to the victim.
"The government has decided to soon introduce and implement VCS. Victims of murder, violence and or those made disabled after injuring their eye or limbs will be compensated through this scheme. Also, legal heirs of the victims will be provided for," stated a home department official, requesting anonymity.
The state has made few eligibility criteria to ensure that the scheme is not exploited. "The victim should not have any criminal background and only those who have under Rs2 lakh annual income will be eligible. The victim has to get a certificate from the medical officers about their injuries or disablement," the official said.
Sources disclosed that dependents of murder victims could be given Rs1 lakh and assault and victims of disability due to the violence will be given Rs50,000 under this scheme. "We are waiting for an approval from the Finance Department. The scheme will be tailor-made as per the availability of the funds and will be applicable across the state," said the official.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Courier cooks up robbery story, pockets Rs. 11L, held

An imitation jewellery firm employee tried to outsmart his boss and the police by claiming that three unidentified men had stolen the Rs11 lakh he was to deliver to his Malad office.
But, the LT Marg police did not buy his story and arrested him for pocketing the money.
Pappu Patel, 33, a resident of Unnat Nagar in Goregaon, had been employed with Trend Fashion Jewellery, owned by Sanjay Jain, for the last seven years. Jain trusted Patel and would often give him the responsibility of dealing with the monetary transactions.
"On September 17, Jain wanted to send money to Rajkot in Gujarat. He asked Patel to get Rs11 lakh from an angadia (courier) firm in Bhuleshwar and bring it to the Malad office," said a police officer from LT Marg police station.
Minutes after Patel collected the money from the firm, he called Jain and told him that three unidentified men had accosted him in Bhuleshwar, assaulted him and snatched his bag containing the cash.
On the behest of his employer, Patel later lodged a complaint with the LT Marg police.
"We went to the spot where the alleged robbery had taken place and enquired with the hawkers and shopkeepers. But, they told us that no incident of robbery had taken place there on September 17, as claimed by Patel," said police sub-inspector Laxmikant Salunkhe.
"Moreover, the hawkers said that Bhuleshwar is a busy market area and any commotion would have drawn everyone's attention. This raised a doubt and we then grilled Patel," added Salunkhe.
Patel reportedly confessed of having concocted the story of being robbed and admitted that he had pocketed the money.
"He revealed that he had kept the Rs11 lakh at his uncle Chotelal Jaiswar's residence in Goregaon. We arrested Patel and Jaiswar and have also recovered the money from them. They have been remanded in police custody until September 27," said Salunkhe.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

6th car of bizman gone

6th car of bizman gone


Little did Abhishek Vaid know that he would never again lay eyes on his Skoda after he dropped of his car for servicing at Oshiwara's Lotus petrol pump on Sunday.
Vaid, who is a studio owner, even paid Rs 3,000 at the pump and informed the workers at the petrol pump that he would return in the evening to pick up his car. By Sunday, he discovered that his car was stolen by someone who had pretended to be his driver. This is the sixth car that Vaid's has reported stolen in the last few years.
The police official from Oshiwara Police Station who is probing the car theft revealed that the accused, who pretended to be a driver, was aware of all the problems for which the vehicle was handed to the service station in Adarsh Nagar in Oshiwara.
This detail made the police suspect that the crime was the handiwork of an insider.
The video of the theft has been captured on a Closed-Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) and is now being shown to the complainant for identification.
"The accused, who seems to be in his mid-twenties, was seen loitering around Lotus petrol pump and the car for a long time that evening. What seems to be really astonishing is the fact that he knew all the defects of the car in great detail," said Kishore Mastakar, the fuel station owner.
A police officer said that the usual suspects will be questioned along with all the drivers who were employed by the victim.
Incidentally, a few weeks ago, three criminals were arrested near the petrol pump where they had allegedly met to conduct a robbery.
However, Mastakar claims that the police report indicated that the arrest had been made not far from his petrol pump. "Our name was mentioned as the petrol pump is a landmark. Unfortunately, such things bring a bad name to my petrol pump," he lamented.

Victim's pen nailed him

Victim's pen nailed him


The red gel pen used by 67-year-old Saroj Patel to write Gayatri mantra on her notebook proved a vital clue to detect the case.
The senior citizen was killed on Friday when she was alone in her Malad house. When Saroj's grandson was called in for the questioning, the police saw injury marks of the pen on his forearm and chest.
During interrogation, the 17-year-old broke down and confessed to the murder.
On Friday, Saroj opened the door and let in her grandson and his friend. She gave them water and then went to the bedroom and was writing Gayatri mantra on her notepad when the two attacked her.
According to crime branch sources, Saroj used to write Gayatri mantra with a red gel pen. Saroj's grandson was questioned for an hour. "We saw injury marks on his left forearm and chest. The injury on the chest was deep and red ink was visible on the wounds. After sustained grilling, when we asked him about the injuries, he confessed to the crime," said a crime branch officer, requesting anonymity.
The grandson had cooked up a story to get money from Saroj. "He told us that he had asked Saroj for money. He had cooked up a story about a drug dealer demanding Rs3 lakh but Saroj told him that he should tell his father about this," said an investigator.
The police are making a watertight case against the two minors. "We have identified the two shops from where the two had purchased surgical gloves for Rs40 and nylon rope for Rs10. We have also identified the shop where they have sold some of the stolen jewellery. We will record statements of all three shopkeepers," said a crime branch officer.
The gloves and rope are yet to be recovered. The crime branch has handed over the case to the Malad police. "The two claim that they are guilty and blamed their passion for money to drive them to commit the crime," said another police officer. Saroj used to give her grandson Rs3,000 to Rs5,000 a month for his pocket money. Saroj's son Pankaj did not know this.
"He used to spend the money on hookah parlour and playing pool," said a police officer. On Tuesday, the two were remanded in judicial custody for a day. "They were taken to juvenile jail in Dongri. Nobody from the Patel family came to the police station," said Avinash Jadhav, senior inspector.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

2 govt staff caught taking Rs. 50K bribe

2 govt staff caught taking Rs. 50K bribe

Two staff member of the central purchasing department were caught red handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while taking a bribe of Rs50,000 on Monday. The arrested accused have been identified as Praveen Patil, a clerk, and his assistant Dhananjay Jadhav.
According to an ACB officer, the complainant is a BMC tender holder. His job is to supply food to the BMC-run schools in Dadar. But allegedly, the food was not supplied regularly in the schools. Some one filed a complaint against the tender holder in central purchasing department.
Patil and Jadhav demanded Rs1.5 lakh from the tender holder for not taking action against him. An ACB official said: "The duo had already taken Rs60,000 from the tender holder earlier. But he did not want to pay the rest of the bribe. So he approached the ACB office and lodged complaint against the duo."
The ACB officers laid a trap, on the basis of complaint, and caught Patil and Jadhav red-handed while accepting Rs50,000.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Undeclared diamond lands trader in lock-up 70 pieces of the precious stone found from the coat pocket of Nihar Mehta

Undeclared diamond lands trader in lock-up

70 pieces of the precious stone found from the coat pocket of Nihar Mehta



Being one of the board of directors of a leading company which manufactures and exports diamond-studded gold jewellery does not seem to have been enough to satiate the greed of Nihar Mehta. What could otherwise explain the reason for him having been caught red handed by the custom officials at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport for attempted duty evasion?
Intercepted by a team led by Assistant Commissioner Sameer Wankhede, Mehta was found hiding over 70 pieces of diamond jewellery worth Rs16 lakh in his overcoat.
"On his way back from his business tour to Europe, Mehta was arrested and remanded to judicial custody till September 23 by the court," said a senior custom official.
Explaining that Mehta has been regular in jewellery export, the official said: "Amongst the board of directors of Bombay Jewellery Manufacturers, Mehta also has a unit with the Precious Cargo Clearance Customs Cell (PCCCC) in Bandra Kurla Complex where jewellery is sent for evaluation by the Customs. Mehta has been exporting jewellery to many diverse markets in the US as well as the UK, France, Italy, Germany and other member countries of the European Union."
According to sources, in a smart move, initially Mehta declared jewellery worth Rs44,000 in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
The jewellery was sealed and detained to be sent to the warehouse from where a Customs escort would get it cleared the day after. However, an uncomfortable body language and the sweating forehead of Mehta gave away his secret.
"It was evidently strange for Mehta to sport a long overcoat while it was relatively hot and he was sweating profusely," said a source.
According to Customs officials, a frequent flier Mehta has made 18 visits between 2010 and 2011 and it cannot be ruled out that he would have indulged in similar acts earlier. "Mehta admitted that it was his first attempt," said the officer.

Chandrashekhar Rokade, deputy municipal commissioner, held taking Rs.1 lakh bribe

Demolition Man held taking Rs.1 lakh bribe

Chandrashekhar Rokade, deputy municipal commissioner, does not believe in talks and campaigns against corruption. For, if he did, he would never have sought a bribe.
Officers from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught Rokade red-handed on Friday taking a bribe of Rs1 lakh inside his office in Byculla. Rokade, who had quit the Maharashtra police as a deputy commissioner in the late 1990s to join the BMC, took charge of the encroachment removal department six months ago.
The ACB officers laid a trap after a contractor told them that Rokade had threatened to cancel his and six others' contract of Rs9 crore with the BMC if he did not pay up. The contractor and the others supply labourers and vehicles to the encroachment removal department.
He alleged that Rokade had been harassing him on the pretext of doing a quality-check on his vehicles.
He told the ACB that Rokade had held back his bills and had sought Rs10 lakh to clear them. After paying the first instalment of Rs2 lakh, he approached the ACB.
"The complainant was given marked notes according to the plan," Niket Kaushik, additional commissioner of police, said. "Rokade was caught red-handed accepting Rs1 lakh in his Byculla office at 6pm."
Once he joined the BMC, Rokade earned himself the epithet, 'demolition man' for clearing encroachments.

In 2002, he was transferred out of the department because he did not follow the orders of the then municipal commissioner Karun Shrivastava. He went to the MMRDA on deputation and worked there for three years. He then became the chief executive officer of the Akola municipal council. During his tenure at Akola, he had a fist fight with a local political leader.
Soon after the incident, he was sent back to the BMC. After going through the election, education and gardens departments, he was rehabilitated in the encroachment removal department.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Cyber criminals devise new trick to extort money from Internet users

Guard yourself against spear attack

Cyber criminals devise new trick to extort money from Internet users



You might be the next victim of spear attack.
Also called spear phishing, cyber criminals have hit upon a sophisticated form of attack on Internet users by targeting a particular user after getting details about them and then launching an attack.
First, they will send an email saying that your computer has been attacked.
Then, they will accuse you of having a hidden file containing a child pornography clip. They will ask you to pay up otherwise they would tell the law enforcement agencies.
Although the user gets an email saying that his computer is under attack, it is difficult to detect it unless expert help is sought.
"Victims receive emails saying that their computer has been attacked or hacked into and there is child porn clip stored in it. The sender then says that if you don't pay up, the information about the clip would be leaked to his employers or law enforcement agencies," said Sahir Hidayatullah, a cyber security expert.
Fearing police action, innocent users pay up to avoid getting into legal action.
This form of extorting money online was earlier observed in Europe. With an increase in the use of the internet, it is being witnessed in the Indian cyber space.
"The sum demanded by the criminals is not a hefty one. It could be anything between $100 and $200. The victims pay to avoid getting into any kind of trouble so that the incident is not informed to agencies," said Hidayatullah.
Though the number of such attacks launched in the Indian cyber space is not known, but experts suspect that it could be no less than the Nigerian phishing attacks in which thousands of people have been duped.
"No such case has been reported to us but such attacks can be launched and innocent users would fall prey to it. The only thing one could do is to report the matter to the police and agencies so that the sender could be traced. If the sender is operating from within the country, he can be traced and police action can be initiated against them," said a senior police officer.

CEO, chairman and director of Bhandari bank arrested for sanctioning loans to non-existent parties

Rs.19cr co-op bank fraud busted

CEO, chairman and director of Bhandari bank arrested for sanctioning loans to non-existent parties



Officials from the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) recently arrested five men, including the chief executive officer, chairman and director of Bhandari Co-operative Bank, for their alleged involvement in a Rs19-crore fraud.
The bank authorities, including the chairman and director, had allegedly sanctioned loans for non-existent parties for 1,100 autorickshaw owners and a housing project in Thane despite knowing that the documents submitted in both the cases were bogus.
Those arrested are bank CEO Devchand Sete, 58, chairman Umesh Chamankar, 44, director Santosh Bidu, 47, and agents Manish Singh, 32, and Rakesh Patel, 39.
"Initially we had registered one case against the bank officials for issuing a bogus loan of Rs6 crore on a property located in Thane where they had claimed to have constructed a building for 65 BEST workers. But, during investigation, we found the bank authorities had issued bogus loans for 1,100 autorickshaws in the city that do not even exist based on forged documents," said an ACB official, on condition of anonymity.
The Bhandari Co-operative Bank officials had allegedly prepared all the forged documents, including the registration books that are issued by the regional transport offices (RTOs) and the applications, and they did not even submitted the documents at the local RTO office.
"The bank had sanctioned a property loan of Rs6 crore and mentioned in the documents that the property is located in Thane where the developer had constructed a building for 65 BEST workers. But, during inquiry, we found that the builder was not the same as mentioned in the documents and those living in the building were neither BEST workers nor had they taken any loan from Bhandari Co-operative bank," the ACB official added.
The five arrested accused have been produced in court and remanded in judicial custody.
"There are several other people, including the co-operative bank officials, who are yet to be arrested in this case," said Niket Kaushik, additional commissioner of the police, ACB Mumbai.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Ethical lessons for medical students compulsory? MCI & MUHS may include 20-mark paper in 4th year MBBS

Ethical lessons for medical students compulsory?

MCI & MUHS may include 20-mark paper in 4th year MBBS



Anna's fight against corruption has provoked top city doctors and deans of medical colleges to give some serious thought to corruption in the field of medicine.
Dr TP Lahane, dean of JJ Group of hospitals, has written to Maharashtra University of Medical Sciences, Nashik and to Medical Council of India to include a paper on medical ethics in PSM (preventive social medicine) or Forensic Sciences. MCI and MUHS are yet to give their nods, but top city doctors have agreed to support Dr Lahane's move in this regard.
The course of the paper is supposed to cover how doctors can prevent themselves from falling prey to sex determination rackets, associating with commission-giving Pharma companies, diagnostic centres and tertiary hospitals, and how they should ideally indulge in service rather than money-making propositions.
Dr Lahane told DNA, "If the subject is compulsory, then students will understand the malpractices in the profession and learn how to keep away." Both subjects would be taught in the fourth year of MBBS. Dr Lahane was recently in news for making 500 medical students take oath that they would never indulge in malpractices.
Dr Armida Fernandis, former dean of Sion Hospital, says, "Medical ethics is already there in the curriculum but since there was no marks or exam for that, nobody is actually teaching it in medical colleges."
According to Dr Fernandis, "If it is made compulsory in the course, students will be sensitised about medical corruption. But only theory will not do anything. Workshops and group discussion in medical colleges should be started immediately, where they can interact with doctors and get practical lessons."
Dr Sanjay Nagral, surgeon at Jaslok Hospital, says, "If 25 doctors give a statement that they may not earn crores of rupees but are happy being respected by others, it could do wonders. Young doctors look up to their seniors after all."
Dr Anand, who is a trustee of Moral Rearmament and Public Concern for Governance Trust, says, "Deans of medical colleges agreed with our request to take steps to inculcate ethical values in young doctors. Now, we will work with these medical colleges."

Friday, September 2, 2011

latest update on City Limouzine Investement fraud

Shehla Khan, Sunil Gambers, Santosh Dayalkar and Manoj Vighe are now under arrest in Mumbai.

Shehla Khan is the one who was in the Andheri office. Rest were employees. Manoj Vighe was a so called director.

Masood is currently serving time in Bangalore Jail and will be there for atleast 2 more months.


Just an information to all, she has now changed her name to Chand Jayed. Information about this update has been submitted to EOW Mumbai.


 As we know that only a single company (Sunn Advt. Ltd,) file a case against City Realcom for a mere amount of Rs 54,000/- (Rupees fifty four thousand only). For that the company representative is NOT attending the Court hearing, as they may have capitalized the mopney from some other sources, may be from Masood and company.

   So, it is clear that the next date of hearing agin on 08 Sep 11 at Mumbai High Court and nothing would going in  favour of City Realcom Investors. Some investor forum or a bunch of investors from Mumbai have to file a fresh case for winding up of City Realcom, City Co-operative and City-Hospitality. Or otherwise we may not getting the verdict for those sisters concern of Citylimo for liquidation in future. That means we can not claim till further order of liquidation by the Court.

   So, may I request all investors of City Realcom, City-Co-op and City Hospitality (specially from Mumbai) to file a case at Mumbai High Court for liquidation, at the earliest.  Thanks.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Police find new gang targeting western suburbs houses that urgently need domestic helps

Public Public 'Educated' maids clean out homes

Police find new gang targeting western suburbs houses that urgently need domestic helps



A new gang of robbers seem to have taken on the western suburbs. They are pleasant, educated women who secure jobs as domestic helps and within a day clean out their employers' houses.
The police suspect one of the gang's latest victims were the Gulatis from Versova.
On August 23, when Jasbir Kaur was enquiring with the building watchman at her Andheri (West) housing society about a maid, a woman, who identified herself only as Harsha, overheard their conversation and said she was looking for a job.
Gulati told the police that she was impressed with Harsha, who is in her early 20s, as she seemed nice and well-mannered and immediately hired her without checking for references.
But the very next day, when Balwinder Gulati was at work at his electronics shop, Harsha slipped sleeping pills into Jasbir's tea and fled with cash and jewellery worth Rs18lakh.
The Gulatis have neither Harsha's photograph nor her address proof making the case difficult for the police to crack.
"This is why the police constantly stress on checking the past records of new servants. Even in this case, all that we are left with is a mobile phone number which may or may not be that of the accused," said senior inspector Sharad Borse of the Versova police station.
The police have found that this was not an isolated case.
At Kandivli police station alone two similar cases were registered in the last three months.
In July, a woman, who was hired by Deepak Dhar's wife as a domestic help without checking her antecedents or references, sneaked out diamond jewellery worth Rs6 lakh on the first day of her job. And this when all eight family members were in the house.
Dhar's wife told the police that she had hired the woman as she found her pleasing and well-mannered. She had told the Dhars that she was educated and urgently needed a job.
"We checked the profile of the accused in the Versova robbery with that in the Kandivli case. While the appearances of the women do not match, it cannot be ruled out that they might belong to the same gang as their modus operandi is same," said an officer from the Kandivli police station, requesting anonymity.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

REVISED PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR FILING OUR CALIM WITH LIQUIDATOR.

Dear Investors,
As promised in my earlier mail, I am giving REVISED PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR FILING OUR CALIM WITH LIQUIDATOR.
(This revised procedure & revised Exhibit-A is also given in the attachment to my mail)
NOTE: PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PROCEDURE IS THE SAME AS OUTLINED EARLIER EXCEPT THE FILE DATE HAS BEEN INCORPORATED IN EXHIBIT-A FORMING PART OF FORM 66 AND SUITABLE MODIFICATIONS MADE IN THE PROCEDURE ACCORDINGLY.
Since the Liquidator has been appointed only for City Limouzines (India) Ltd., we can only file our Claim in respect of City Limouzines (India) Ltd. to the Liquidator so appointed by the Mumbai High Court for legally winding up City Limouzines (India) Ltd. affairs.
Only one claim per individual, irrespective of the number of cases (of investments) may be filed. So a consolidated Claim for all the investments in City Limouzines (India) Ltd. needs to be made, officially in the prescribed Format to the Liquidator appointed by Court, to qualify for any final settlement in favour of the investors by the Court. Please note if no Claim is lodged with the Official Liquidator then no share of such investor in the final outcome of the settlement/official winding up of the Co., will be entertained later since such investor will not be considered an official creditor of City Limouzines (India) Ltd.

I will take the example of a Combo Scheme case and explain the procedure, as below:
FOR FILING CLAIM IN RESPECT OF CITY LIMOUZINES (INDIA) LTD.
     1.    You have been issued 3 Receipts in respect of the Combo Scheme.  1st receipt is from City Limouzines (India) Ltd., 2nd Receipt is from City Realcom Ltd. and the 3rd Receipt is from City Co-Op. Credit Society. Take the value of City limousines (India) Ltd. receipt only for filing claim with City Limousines (India) Ltd.
     2.   Fill in the file No. in column ”B” of Exhibit - A forming part of Form No. 66.
     3.    Fill in File date in column ”C”
     4.    Fill in the receipt number in column “D”.
     5.    Fill in the City Limouzines (India) Ltd. receipt amount in column ”E”.
6.  Take your copy of the Agreement on Stamp Paper of City Limouzines (India) Ltd. If it says for eg., a sum of Rs. 6,250/- will be paid every month for 5 years (60 months), this means that the amount to be paid, as per the Stamp Paper Agreement, is Rs. 3,75,00/- (6,250X60=3,75,000). Fill this amount in column ”F”.
7.   Consider only payments received by you from City Limouzines (India) Ltd. account using City Limouzines (India) Ltd. cheque book.
8.  Take a total of all the cheques received from City Limouzines (India) Ltd. account using City Limouzines (India) Ltd. cheque book. That is the amount paid by City Limouzines (India) Ltd. to us. Fill this amount in column ”G”.
9.  Add amounts in column “E” & column “F” and subtract the amount from column “G” and fill the result in column “H”.
10.  Original Form No. 66 should have a court fee stamp of Rs. 5/- affixed on the top and the Form needs to be Notarized. Form 66 can be on white legal size paper. Don’t forget to attach Exhibit – A forming part of Form No. 66 with Notary Public seal.

11.  Attach photocopies of all City Limouzines (India) Ltd. receipts entered by you in column “D” of Exhibit-A which forms part of attachment with Form No. 66.

12. Form No. 66 (partly filled) with Exhibit-A is attached with this mail. In case you cannot see the attachment here, please go to the following link and follow the steps. You will be directed to a page where you can see and download all the attachments.

13.  Address a letter to the Liquidator enclosing the original as well as photocopy of Form 66 and Exhibit-A (Draft of covering letter attached) requesting the Liquidator to return the photocopy of Form 66 together with Exhibit - A as proof of receipt. Please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope for this purpose.

14.  You can follow similar procedure for other schemes of City Group of Companies. However, this should be done only when the Official Liquidator is appointed for the respective company by the Court.

All the above documents should be sent to:
Official Liquidator,
High Court, Mumbai,
5th Floor, Bank of India Building,
Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort,
Mumbai – 400023
Tel:  022-22675008, 022-22670024, 022-22671851
Please note that the above is my interpretation based on my meetings with a couple of senior lawyers. You are requested to use your judgment and discretion while filing the documents.
RAVI PURI

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