Beed, March 15 A case has been registered against a man for allegedly defrauding a labour contractor of Rs 22.8 lakh by promising to supply manpower for sugarcane harvesting in Beed district, Maharashtra, police said on Sunday.
Based on a complaint, the Wadwani police recently registered a case against Sudhakar Bhanudas Rathod, a sub-contractor from Majalgaon tehsil, in connection with the fraud.
The complainant, Ramkisan Shankar Chole, a sugarcane harvesting contractor, has alleged that he entered into an agreement with a sugar factory in Karnataka to supply labourers and vehicles for the 2021-2022 crushing season and had received Rs 22.8 lakh from the unit, Assistant Police Inspector Varsha Vghade said.
The accused approached Chole, claiming that he had two teams comprising 32 workers and two vehicles, and offered to supply them for the work, she said.
The complainant transferred the entire amount to Rathod's bank account through online transactions and cheques, but the latter allegedly failed to supply the manpower and later threatened him.
The official said that the matter is being investigated and no arrests have been made in the case.