VADODARA: A retired employee of Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL) was cheated of Rs 19 lakh by four persons posing as employees of a teleshopping company.Sanjay Verma, Shambhu Sharan, Rahul Verma and Anil Verma were booked at Makarpura police station on the basis of the complaint given by the victim Rupsingh Vasava on Saturday.Vasava told police that in April last year he had received an sms informing that he had won an SUV in a lucky draw of the teleshopping company for which he will have to pay Rs 8,400. There was also a mobile phone number mentioned in the sms. A few minutes later, he received a call from Sanjay to inform that he has won the SUV car. He was asked to call Sharan for more details. Lured by the offer, Vasava called Sharan who told him that it is true that Vasava has won a car in the lucky draw and asked him to deposit Rs 8,400 registration money and Rs 38,400 more in an SBI account. Within next one week, he received several smses from the four to deposit more money. By the end of April, Vasava had paid over Rs 18 lakh in different bank accounts mentioned in the smes.Vasava then called to ask when he would receive his SUV. The four kept dilly dallying but Vasava waited patiently until recently when they switched off their phones. Vasava realized that he had been cheated.

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