Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)
Kundapur, Nov 27: A woman was defrauded to the tune of Rs 7.75 lac by miscreants who transacted in the name of Patanjali Ayurveda, Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh. The victim has been identified as Anuradha Holla (39), wife of Vasudeva Holla from Koteshwar near here.
Anuradha had planned to start Patanjali Ayurveda Clinic. She had registered herself online with Patanjali for the purpose on August 9.
Thereafter, certain persons contacted her over phone a number of times, seeking various documents. As per the demand made by callers, she remitted Rs 50,000 on August 23 for registering her business through Vaderahobli branch of Corporation Bank. On September 1, she again remitted Rs 2.3 lac towards security deposit and Rs 2.5 lac towards purchase consideration of Ayurveda products.
On October 15, Rs 1.1 lac was sent for Yoga training security deposit, followed by Rs 80,000 more purportedly towards VAT. A further sum of Rs 55,000 was sent on October 30 as penalty on tax. These sums were sent online from Karnataka Bank's Kumbhashi branch to Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd's account with Punjab National Bank, Haridwar, Anuradha claims.
Later, when Anuradha tried to call the telephone numbers through which she received the above calls, she found that they were dead. She thereafter came to know that she was taken for a ride. She has said in her complaint that the fraudsters robbed her of Rs 7.75 lac by wrongly posing as representatives of Patanjali Ayurveda.
A complaint in this regard stands registered in CEN police station at Udupi.