2 pesticide firm officials booked

Bathinda: The Barnala police have booked two officials of a Mumbai-based pesticides company on charges of cheating and criminal intimidation.The case was registered on the complaint of one Jaipal of Barnala-based pesticides firm Madan Lal and Sons. Jaipal alleged that the accused officials had cheated his firm of Rs 23.09 lakh between February 2021 and December 2021.Jaipal said Madan Lal and Sons purchased pesticides from the Mumbai-based company at the insistence of the accused officials, who promised them of helping in selling off the product. The two officials sold the procured pesticides directly to the farmers but later declined to pay the firm (Madan Lal and Sons) for pesticides worth over Rs 23 lakh, Jaipal told the police.Meanwhile, the police said a case had been registered at the Barnala city police station under sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code. tnn