Kolkata: Businessman Pawan Ruia, arrested by the Bengal Police’s cybercrime wing in an interstate fraud case involving several hundred crores, was remanded in seven days’ police custody on Wednesday.Ruia was produced before a Bidhannagar court, where special public prosecutor Rajdeep Bandyopadhyay submitted that the accused was part of a larger conspiracy involving multiple shell companies and bank accounts allegedly linked to him.”We need to probe the larger organised conspiracy. We have evidence that people with no experience or qualification were made directors in these shell companies where crores exchanged hands,” said Bandyopadhyay.Cops stated that the probe was initiated following a complaint by one Swapan Kumar Mondal, a senior citizen residing within the Eco Park PS limits. Mondal alleged he was defrauded of Rs 93 lakh after being induced to install a mobile app under the false promise of high investment returns. It was found that funds were siphoned through shell companies and corporate current accounts.
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