Police said Rafiq and Anwar Sadat of the city,were running a firm and were buying commodities from various wholesale merchants across Tamil Nadu and some North Indian cities.They used to purchase things after paying token advances.
Based on complaints from some merchants here, Chennai and also a North Indian city that the duo had kept in arrears over Rs two crore, police registered a case and arrested them.
Since the duo were involved in some more cheating cases, Police Commissioner A K Vishwanathan today ordered their detention under Goondas Act, which was served on them at the Central Jail here, police said.
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