Man claims lenders abducted him to recover investment
Pune: An Akluj-based man (30), who used to collect money for a businessman, filed a complaint against four people from Akluj on June 3 and stated that the latter abducted him on May 25.
On May 26, brother of the 30-year-old lodged a missing person's complaint. A week later on Monday night, he showed up at the police station and filed the complaint on June 3.
Deputy commissioner of police (zone IV) Himmat Jadhav told TOI, "The complainant claimed that he was taken to Akluj by the suspects in a car. They all had given him money to invest in a scheme run by a business person from Solapur. The businessman was residing in Pune.
Businessman collected crores of rupees with the help of the Akluj-based person and is now on the run."
"The man claimed that he collected money and gave it to the businessman, but the businessman failed to provide with the promised high returns to the investors. The investors started demanding money from the victim. He does not have money to give the investors," he said.
Jadhav said, "The suspects in the case wanted to recover their invested money from the victim and thus, they abducted him.
We are examining CCTV footage and the description of the suspects provided by the victim," he said.
The enforcement directorate (ED) lodged a complaint with the Bharati Vidyapeeth police station on Oct 9, 2023, stating that the businessman, who owned two flats at a society in Ambegaon, cheated investors for over Rs 100 crore. ED also claimed that the businessman is now based in Dubai along with his family members.
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