Family trio flee after 40 crore rupee fraud

Anandabazar Patrika,November 30,2010

Reported by Subhashis Ghatak


An interest of 10%,not per annum,not per month,but per 10 days on principal amount invested!This was the bait dangled by a family who fled after fraudulent misappropriation of a whopping figure of around 40 crores of rupees.An organisation by the name of 'Joyo Concept Marketing Pvt. Ltd.' had set up office in Amtala,Bishnupur,located in the southern suburbs of Kolkata.The chief proprietor went by the name of Dipanjan Haldar,known to the son of Ramesh and Mitali Haldar,the other partners in crime.After about 10 months of appearance,they now vanish with 40 crore rupees of the investors.As per witnesses,Ramesh and Mitali Haldar used to collect the money in the office premises itself.

According to the police,the victims are spread over the southern suburban areas under Bishnupur,Falta,Usti,Ramnagar and Diamond Harbour police stations.The amount embezzled is estimated to be be in the range between 35-40 crore rupees.The accused have been known to play under the garb of investing the money deposited with them by the victims in foreign business houses.For the first one and half years,they even indeed used to pay the interest to the investors at the promised rate,which encouraged them to stake even more.Some of the victims are known to have sold their fish-rich reservoirs,while some others had borrowed money from the market at 5% to invest with the accused.As the investment boomed,the trio made more flamboyant plans.It was promised on behalf of the organisation that an investment of 25 lakh rupees would be rewarded with a Maruti car.

According to Syed Nasiruddin,one of the victims and a resident of Simla village in Ramnagar,a public assembly comprising of people from different villages in Ramnagar was arranged,where Dipanjan Haldar assured them of the dividends and announced special incentives for bigger investments.More than a hundred complaints have been filed against the organisation in the police stations of Diamond Harbour,Falta,Bishnupur,Ramnagar and Usti.Complaints have also been made to the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Ploic of South 24 Parganas,and the CID.

The family is said to have disappeared a week ago.Their mobile are untraceable right now.The victims' numbers run upto a several thousand,according to the police.Incidentally,three years ago,a person named Jaane Alam was arrested in Diamond Harbour on charge of misappropriation by cheating of nearly 100 crore rupees.


--- Translated,adapted and shared by Ratul Das