Ludhiana Police: 2 Patanjali employees, transporter arrested for Rs 4 crore fraud

The local police on Saturday registered a case against two employees of Patanjali Ayurveda and a transporter on charges of defrauding the firm. ₹4.10 crore by submitting fake transport bills, officials say.

A first information report (FIR) was registered at the Moti Nagar police station following a complaint by Ashish Rana, a Patanjali representative from Haridwar, they added.

The accused have been identified as Pankaj Khurana of Sita Nagar, Ankush Grover of Chander Nagar and transporter Jagatpreet Singh of Gurpreet Nagar in Daba. Khurana and Ankush worked for the company for years, managed its Ludhiana office and allegedly conspired with the carrier to commit the fraud.

According to the complaint, the employees issued transport invoices and sent them to the company to pay Jagatpreet.

Over the years, they allegedly submitted 288 fake invoices for the company’s products to various firms.

The company overpaid ₹4 crore to the transporter, which the trio then divided among themselves, the complainant claimed. The fraud came to light when the company contacted the firms mentioned in the invoices to verify product sales and collect commissions, and the firms in question denied receiving any such supplies.

Assistant Deputy Inspector General (ASI) Jagtar Singh, who is investigating the case, said the police have registered an FIR under sections 408 (criminal breach of trust by officer or employee), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of securities, wills). and other documents), 468 (forgery for the purpose of deception), 471 (use of forged documents). or electronic records), 472 (making or possessing forged seals, plates or other instruments used for forgery), 473 (making or possessing forged seals, plates) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.