Summary:
Surat: Sixteen accused were booked at crime branch for cheating a textile manufacturer from the city of Rs21.36 crore. Police are working to locate the other accused.Complaints of cheating in textile business happen regularly in the city. He had sold the material on credit to the 16 accused from Mumbai, Bhiwandi and Ahmedabad last year and despite multiple reminders to them, they didn’t bother to make the payment. The accused, who belong to different places in the country, after purchasing textile material from the complainant between March and October 2018 refused to make payment to him. They are also verifying if the accused really exist or someone had created multiple fake identities to dupe the victim..