Man held on fraud charge

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, February 21

The Jamalpur police arrested a man, Munish Bhardwaj, of New GTB Nagar, Jalandhar, on the charges of committing a fraud with a city-based man.

The complainant, Satya Dev, of Sector 32, Chandigarh Road area, told the police that he had met Munish a few years ago and the accused had told him about some lucrative business deal.

“I started trusting Munish Bhardwaj as talks about the business deal were also on. One day he borrowed my car and promised to return the same in a specific period. Later, when I asked him to return the vehicle, he started making excuses. Recently, he refused to return it,” the complainant alleged.

He said he had bought the car on loan and he was still paying its instalments.

The complainant said later, he gave a complaint to the Police Commissioner, Ludhiana, Rakesh Agrawal, who then marked a probe in the matter and following an inquiry, the police registered a case against the accused and arrested him.

The police also recovered the vehicle from the accused.