Gurugram: Several people, including a head constable swindled of Rs 1 crore; Probe on

Gurugram: In a shocking incident, Many people, including a head constable, were defrauded of at least Rs 1 crore by some fraudsters under the pretext of getting a better return on investment, according to police.

According to preliminary investigation, the accused lured people with a promise of 18 to 20% profit on investment. They also opened their office, but fled away after closing it within 15 days. An FIR has been registered in this regard, they added.

According to complainant head constable Devendra Kumar at Sector 40 police station names Manish Kasana, Lalit, Shubham Chaudhary, Ajay Pratap, Rahul Malik and Rajesh Kumar were involved in this fraud. The accused are said to be residents of Duloth village in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district.

“The accused opened an office named Infinity Grow in the JMD Megapolis building on Sohna Road. They lured people with 18 to 20 per cent profit per month by investing. The accused fled in 15 days after taking around Rs 1 crore from many people. I also had invested Rs 11 lakh but now the accused threatened to kill me,” said the head constable in his complaint.

First Information Report (FIR) under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered. Sector 40 police station SHO Inspector Surender Singh said that the police was probing the matter and assured that the accused will be nabbed soon.