Surat: Two businessmen were cheated of Rs89 lakh in the city. The cheating complaints were registered at Salabatpura police station on Thursday. A person purchased dyeing cloth worth Rs41 lakh from a trader through a broker. He denied having received the goods when the broker committed suicide. In another case, a group of five people bought sublimation papers worth Rs47 lakh from a businessman and then shut shop and fled.Police said Jagraj Kothari of Shree Balaji Prints on Ring Road sold dyeing cloth worth Rs41, 26, 742 through broker Prakash to Vastaram Solanki between July 09, 2018 and August 15, 2018. Prakash committed suicide a few months later and Solanki refused to acknowledge the deal subsequently.Police said there was GST record on the goods and that they have begun investigation.Vaibhav Raval, owner of Dwarkesh Texprint, and four other persons bought sublimation papers worth Rs46,98,673 used for digital printing from Dhaval Jain between July 22, 2018 and October 09, 2018, but refused to make payment for the same.Police said the accused have shut shop and fled. “We will catch them soon,” they added.

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