Nagpur: Beltarodi Police of Nagpur booked an unauthorised moneylender on charges of extortion and grabbing the property of an employee of Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (OFAJ) after allegedly threatening him and his family of dire consequences.
The accused Sagar Jayendrakumar Doshi (38) is a resident of Suraksha Apartment, Bharat Nagar, Beltarodi. The victim, Kaustubh Purshottam Ashtikar (40), a resident of Prathamesh Tower, Rewti Nagar, Besa, who works as chargeman at OFAJ, wanted to construct a house at Besa and was in need of home loan in 2017. His friend Pranay Laxmikant Motghare told him that there was a private firm which gives home loan and introduced him to a broker named Dilip Wankhede (40) who resides at Vaishali Nagar, Pachpaoli.
Through broker Wankhede, he met the accused Sagar Doshi on January 8, 2017. Doshi introduced himself as a chartered accountant and CEO of ‘VITAMIN-M’ (a finance broking firm) and assured a loan of Rs 18 lakh to him. Doshi took three bank cheques from him. He also took his signature on a blank stamp paper and photocopies of Aadhar card, PAN card and other ID proofs.
On January 10, 2017, Doshi transferred Rs 2.50 lakh to Ashtikar’s SBI account. He then asked to transfer Rs 50,000 to Wankhede’s account in Corporation Bank. After he transferred the amount in Wankhede’s bank account, Doshi took Rs 28,500 cash towards brokerage, legal expenses, and money interest of the current month.
Doshi told Ashtikar that he will have to pay 10 percent (Rs 20,000) monthly interest on the loan Rs 18 lakh availed by him. Accordingly, Ashtikar made repayment of the loan by giving the total interest of Rs 1.45 lakh on the principal amount to Doshi. However, Doshi started demanding Rs 35 lakh more from him and allegedly threatened him of dire consequences. Doshi then forcibly transferred his plot and shop of his brother Kartik in his name.
Ashtikar, who lodged an FIR with the police, stated that Doshi had also grabbed the properties of his known two three persons using similar modus operandi. On the basis of Ashtikar’s complaint, police registered a case under Sections 384,504,506 of the Indian Penal Code, read with Sections 39, 45 of the Maharashtra Moneylending (Regulation) Act, against Doshi. Further investigations are underway.
