2 held for duping bizman of Rs 98L

Coimbatore: The district crime branch police on Thursday arrested two people for cheating a Bengaluru-based private company of Rs 98 lakh by promising to supply nitrile gloves.

The accused were identified as A Geetha Agarwal, 37, of Kavundampalayam, and K Balaji alias Vijay Balaji, 37, of Sulur.

In a website titled Blue Orchid, Geetha Agarwal said she was into exporting gloves to foreign countries. Rohit, 54, of Bengaluru, administrative director of Acme Fitness Pvt Ltd, placed an order with her firm for Rs 1.1 crore worth of nitrile gloves in May and paid the amount

But Geetha, her close friend Ganesh Kumar and seven accomplices sent used gloves worth Rs 2.10 lakh to Rohit. Realizing that he was cheated, Rohit demanded his money back, but didn’t get any reply from them.

A few days ago, Rohit lodged a complaint against Geetha, Ganesh Kumar, their accomplices Balaji, Vinuj, Noor Mohammed, Leena, Agarwal, Gurujith and Abilash.

Sub-inspector Lenin Appadurai and team arrested Geetha and Balaji on Thursday and remanded them in judicial custody. Police seized around 100 used gloves from them.

Police said Ganesh Kumar is the mastermind of the crime. He withdrew all the amount from Geetha's account. Police team is trying to nab Ganesh Kumar and his accomplices.


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