Rs 1 crore fraud: Police get notice for giving bail to TN traders

INDORE: The district court in Indore on Tuesday issued notice to police for giving bail to Tamil Nadu-based traders, who were arrested in connection with cheating an Indore-based grain trader. Police have been directed to appear before the court on Wednesday.
Sanyogitaganj police arrested Som Sundar Nadar, his brother Mahesh and their manager Shrawan Kumar, all from Tamil Nadu and produced them before the local court on November 16.The court sent them to police remand till November 19. Accused were given bail even before the completion of police remand.
Advocate Rahul Kalra alleged that police misguided the court and didn't disclose information regarding police remand so as to help the accused in getting bail. To challenge the bail, they filed a petition in court of additional district judge on Tuesday, which issued the notice to police.
Kalra said that the accused had faltered to make payment of over Rs 1.08 crore to Chhavni-based food grain trader Vinod Kumar despite several reminders. "Vindo Kumar used to send food grains from Indore to accused in Tamil Nadu since 2010. For two years, they made regular payment and won the trust of Vinod. They stopped making payment since 2012 and despite this, Vinod used to send them foodgrains on credit till 2013 by the time pending dues went up to Rs 1.08 crore," said Kalra adding that when after several reminders no payment was made, Vinod filed a complaint with local police early this year. But police failed to take any action against the accused. Later, Vinod filed a petition before the court and on the directives of the court, the accused were arrested.