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Solar shock: Morbi man duped of Rs 60 lakh

Ravi Patel, a resident of Umiya Tower in Morbi, filed a complain... Read More
AHMEDABAD: Ravi Patel, a resident of Umiya Tower in Morbi, filed a complaint with Navrangpura police alleging that two men duped him of Rs 60 lakh. Patel had enquired about the solar power project from one

Prashant Survay

in March 2016.

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On Survay’s insistence, Patel had come to Survay’s office in Navrangpura after which Patel was introduced to another accused named Parag Shukla. Shukla told Patel that there was a firm named Raise Power Private Limited in Barmer, Rajasthan, which was about to sign a deal to sell electricity to the government of Rajasthan. Shukla told Patel that the project cost was of around Rs 8 crore and if he pays Rs 1 crore initially, he would help him bag the project.

Patel paid around Rs 1 crore to Shukla and Survey between August 2016 and January 2017. On June 3, Patel received Rs 40 lakh back from Raise Power after which he was told that the company has been closed.


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