The fresh cheating complaint has been filed against Chhattisgarh’s Ambedkar Tandon who is a hotelier by profession with his wife Barkha Tandon against the city of Raipur, in the capital of the state. The couple was involved in the alleged scam of Rs 36 lakh from a liquor businessman while allegedly claiming land which belonged to others. An FIR has been filed by Ashish Jaiswal against both accused by Telibandha police.
The complainant alleges that Ashish got introduced to Deepak and Barkha through an acquaintance named Jagdish Jaiswal. He said Jagdish told him about a 1,600-square-foot area in which the restaurant Atmospheric is operating. He told Ashish that the land and the restaurant is for sale.
Ashish and his friend were interested in the deal, and transferred some amount of money in the bank accounts of Deepak and Barkha in various installments. They gave a brochure containing Rs 1 lakh (one hundred thousand) towards a token sum and then bank money began to trickle in. The complainant further said that he had given Rs 5 lakh cash in the hotel. The amount paid in the transaction took place at Rs 36 lakh.
Later, Ashish realised that the land isn’t in the accused’s name. He approached them to get his money back, they allegedly threatened to kill him and mar his life by accusing him in the case of SC-ST Act.
On Police Remand, Deepak Tandon has a wife in custody.
After receiving the complaint, police lodged a cheating case against the couple. The police are reportedly taking into custody Barkha Tandon and Deepak Tandon, who are on remand, for questioning.
This is not the couple’s first offense on charges of fraud. They were also registered under FIR earlier in a case. There have been further complaints, and other alleged victims have reportedly gone to the authorities in response to the most recent complaint.
Police have traced the incident and consulted documents on many financial transactions and the ownership of the land.