Sontu’s family members threaten complainant to withdraw plaint
   Date :14-Sep-2023

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Staff Reporter
Ganeshpeth police have registered one more First Information Report (FIR) against on-line gaming fraudster Ananth, also known as Sontu Navratan Jain, and his family members for threatening the complainant in the Rs 58 crore fraud case to withdraw the complaint. A case under Sections 452, 195 (a), 385 and 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Ganeshpeth Police Station against Sontu Jain, a resident of Gondia; his sister Astha Jain, Astha’s brother-in-law Vinay and Astha’s female friend Ruby Jain, all residents of Kolkata, West Bengal. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar said such activities of hampering police investigation would not be tolerated and the culprits would be dealt with an iron hand.
 
According to police, the incident happened on September 2 at 10.15 pm when Astha, Vinay and Ruby hatched a criminal conspiracy and visited the house of complainant Vikrant Vijaykumar Agrawal (48), a resident of Godrej Anandam, Ganeshepth. The accused allegedly told Agrawal they came to his house on behalf of Sontu Jain. Astha tried to convince Agrawal she was like his sister and tied a Rakhi on his wrist. Soon after, the accused persons pressured Agrawal to withdraw the complaint and even told Agrawal that they could manage everything through the money. The three left the house at around 2 am, said police.
 
Meanwhile, Sontu was grilled by the Commissioner of Police himself on Tuesday. However, the fraudster remained elusive on the questions regarding involvement of other bookies. Despite evidence of Call Detail Records of Sontu cited by the police, the accused tried to shield himself by saying he was not aware of anything. The city police have also discovered names of the businessman, bookies and hawala traders of Nagpur, Gondia and Kolkata and they are likely to be quizzed about their involvement in the multi-crore fraud, said the top cop.