Freedom 251

Goel lamented that the government did not come to his support despite his commitment to 'Make in India'

Ghaziabad-based Ayam Enterprises alleged that Goel 'defrauded' the company of Rs 16 lakh

The world's cheapest phone made a splash across the globe

Ayam Enterprises has claimed that it took distributorship of the Freedom251 phones in November 2015

Accused had issued a cheque in favour of the complainant firm AIPL towards discharge of their liability

Ringing Bells said it would deliver 65,000 devices to those who had booked in COD mode. But it appears the initial hype has fizzled out

The delivery of LED TVs will start from August 15

Ringing Bells' Founder and CEO Mohit Goel said they are trying to meet Modi for garnering his support under the Make in India initiative

According to the company, 200,000 handsets have already been shipped in the country for the first phase of delivery

Promoters of world's cheapest smartphone refund customers' money, close fresh bookings

Managing Director Mohit Goel said they will complete delivery of the quantities as committed by June 30

The party said the smartphone scheme will be the biggest scam of the millennium during the rule of BJP

Ravi Shankar Prasad had also said his department is keeping a close watch on Ringing Bells

Departments of electronics, excise, I-T launch probe into Rs 251 smartphones

BJP MP: This is a Ponzi bogus company scam, that is why I went through all the papers on the company

Indian Cellular Association says price of the handset could not be below Rs 3,500 even after a subsidised sale

On the first day, the firm stopped taking orders after its servers crashed owing to a huge rush to book the device online

Even if one puts 0.5 units as quantity, the system accepts it and just halves the price

News reports say Mohit's father still has a grocery shop in UP and, and he is believed to have worked with him

The Freedom 251 site has now stopped taking orders due to overwhelming response that has led to the servers to crash