Harish Ahuja, father-in-law of Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, has been accused of cheating more than Rs 27 crore (Cyber Fraud). This came to light after the Faridabad police arrested a group of cyber criminals who duped actress Sonam Kapoor’s father-in-law’s firm to the tune of over Rs 27 crore.
The Faridabad police said they were quietly working on the matter after the complaint was filed by Sunil Ahuja’s firm in July last year. Since then, a total of nine accused have been arrested from different cities of the country including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Karnataka. According to the information revealed so far, Harish Ahuja, father-in-law of Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, was cheated of 27 crore 61 lakhs from the Shahi Export Factory located in Faridabad.
Let us tell you that after dating for a few years, Sonam married Harish’s son entrepreneur Anand Ahuja in 2018. Anand runs a fashion brand and also works as a director in his father’s company, which has been duped by fraudsters. Let us tell you that Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor was married on 8 April 2018 with boyfriend Anand Ahuja.
Police said that the thugs carried out this fraud through Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (ROSCTL) license. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Nitish Aggarwal said that on 26 July 2021, the Faridabad Police had received a complaint of cheating through RoSCTL license from this royal export company located in Sector-28.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Nitish Aggarwal said that among the accused are Delhi residents Manoj Rana, Manish Kumar, Praveen Kumar and Manish Kumar Moga and Raichur (Karnataka) resident Ganesh Parasuram and Maharashtra resident Bhushan Kishan Thakur (Mumbai), Rahul Raghunath (Raigad) and Santosh Sitaram. Pune). Apart from these, Suresh Kumar Jain, resident of Chennai and Lalit Kumar Jain, resident of New Rajendra Nagar, Delhi were also arrested, he said.
Faridabad Deputy Commissioner of Police Nitish Aggarwal told that a fake company was formed in the name of Harish Ahuja and the cyber thugs transferred crores of rupees. He told that after receiving the complaint, the Cyber Police of Faridabad started investigation in this matter. He said that the police started investigation by registering a case in this regard at Sector 31 police station. The ACP said that during the investigation it was found that the license of the royal company worth Rs 27.61 crore has been transferred from his ID.
Inspector Basant Kumar, the investigating officer of this case, said that two laptops, one computer, six mobiles and 20 thousand rupees have been recovered from the possession of the accused.