A 36-year-old man, who cheated several businessmen and traders from Amar Colony area and was absconding from past three years, was arrested by the Delhi Police on Tuesday. The accused was wanted in four criminal cases of cheating and breach of trust. There are 14 civil cases of cheque bounce also registered against the accused. The accused has been identified as Manish Kaushik, a resident of South-east Delhi’s Ranjeet Nagar.
According to Chinmoy Biswal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Manish used to work in a private company but in order to meet his needs, he planned to cheat traders. “In the year 2015-16, accused Manish Kaushik along with his associate Gaurav Chaudhary opened two separate offices on rent at East of Kailash, Amar Colony. Both the offices were opened in the name of “The Buyers” and “Kunal Trading Company”. The duo pretended themselves as directors cum owners of the alleged companies. They used to purchase laptops/computer items, RO water purifiers, clothes, handloom, bed sheet and other articles from gullible merchants,” said the DCP.
“Accused persons used to give token amount as advance for the articles to the traders and issued cheques to them for balance payment, which eventually bounced. After cheating several traders, they vacated their offices and absconded. Four cases were registered at Amar Colony Police Station,” said the DCP. “During investigation of the case, police team scanned the bank details and conducted fresh raids at all possible hide-outs of the accused persons. The efforts of the police team paid off and on March 10 at around 5 pm, accused Manish Kaushik was arrested from Ranjit Nagar”, said the DCP.
“During interrogation, the accused disclosed that they used to sell the above consignment of laptops, computer parts, clothes etc at cheaper prices to receivers and junk-dealers. They have cheated more than 25 victims to the tune of Rs 1 crore. The accused also disclosed that at present he was looking forward to open new office and company and cheat more persons,” said the DCP. “Further investigation of the cases is in the progress and manhunt has been initiated by the police to nab the absconding associate of the accused” the DCP added.
