Fruit trader lodges false police complaint to gain sympathy of creditors

A fruit trader misled the police by lodging a false complaint today about being robbed in a bid to gain sympathy from his creditors, the police said.

The man, a papaya trader from Azadpur, was facing losses in his business for the last few months and owed Rs 20 lakh to his creditors.

He was running the business along with two of his brothers and some others.

He called the Police Control Room (PCR) at around 5.45 pm, alleging that he was robbed of Rs 10.8 lakh and 420 grams of gold at gunpoint by four miscreants, the police said.

The fruit trader, one of his brothers and his labourers were questioned and contradictions were found in their statements.

The businessman claimed that the incident happened at 3.30 pm. Asked about the delay in approaching the police, he did not have any satisfactory answer.

On further interrogation, he confessed that he had narrated a false story in order to gain sympathy from his creditors and also to buy time to pay the loan, the police said.

No case has been registered in connection with the matter.