Rice trader duped of ₹1.68 crore
Nagpur: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of city police has issued notices to four persons for allegedly extorting ₹1.68 crore and duping a rice trader from the city. Chinnababu Reddy, Vipin Agrawal, BV Krishnarao and director of Laxmi Venkateshwara Hygiene Food, all from Kakinada, AP, have been booked. In April 2023, the complainant, Anoop Goyal, owner of Shriram Food Industries, bought 30,000 tonnes of rice for exporting it to West Africa.
The rice was stored at a company’s godown at Kakinada. Manager of the company Shri Kumar, Agrawal and Reddy told Goel The Rice Exporter Association has denied permission to load the rice in ship. To ‘settle’ the matter, Reddy allegedly demanded ₹2.49 crore. Goyal agreed to pay ₹1.69cr. Agrawal then called Goel to deposit money in a food company’s account rather than the association’s account. Once the consignment reached Senegal, Goyal approached the Lakadganj police.
