Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Jabalpur registered a case of fraud of around Rs 7.5 crore against builder partners include Vinay Dubey, Akash Sahu, Dharmprakash Rajput and Amit Rajput. According to EOW Jabalpur, a case of fraud has been registered against Vinay Dubey, Akash Sahu alias Golu, resident of Ghamapur, Dharmprakash Rajput and Amit Rajput, residents of Ganganagar), all associated with KP Builders and Promoters. The firm, KP Builders & Promoters, was registered on April 28, 2014, with four partners Mangal Prasad Patel, Girish Pandey, Vinay Dubey and Narendra Agrawal. Narendra later exited the partnership.

 

The firm developed a residential colony in Kachhpura under the names of Mangal, Girish and Vinay. Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) had issued a completion certificate for the project in 2017, confirming that a total of Rs 3.05 crore had been deposited for development works. However, in the balance sheet submitted by Vinay Dubey, this amount was falsely shown as Rs 9.22 crore. Further investigations revealed that Vinay Dubey transferred Rs 36.85 lakh to the account of his employee Akash Sahu under the pretence of purchasing cement, bricks, sand and gravel. Another Rs 62.74 lakh was transferred to the account of Dharmprakash Rajput for similar material expenses.

 

Besides this, Rs 39.56 lakh was deposited into the account of Amit Rajput, Dharmprakash’s brother for sand purchases. EOW found that a total of Rs 6.17 crore was withdrawn under the guise of development work, significantly more than the actual amount spent, and Rs 1.39 crore was funnelled into personal accounts through fictitious material purchases. Preliminary probe suggests that Vinay Dubey, in collusion with Akash Sahu, Dharmprakash Rajput and Amit Rajput, conspired to defraud the firm and embezzled Rs 7.56 crore, deceiving their fellow partners. Despite being urged to come clean, the accused maintained their innocence and refused to accept the allegations.