Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Jul 2: A complaint stands registered in the Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station here against Tirupur Chits Private Limited, a Chennai-based company, for allegedly cheating the public of Dakshina Kannada district to the tune of Rs 9 crore.

It is said that this company, which had collected money from the general public, used to function from their office in a building near Bunts Hostel Road in the city. Arafat, a resident of city, has filed a complaint against this company. He has accused the manager, director and staff of this company as the fraudsters.

In addition, it is learnt that Sumana, the director of this company, which has cheated thousands of people throughout the country, has her roots in Mangaluru. It is alleged that, in the beginning, the company returned the investments of the depositors in time in order to gain their faith. Then the customers started depositing huge amounts and the amount that needs to be returned to the customers reached Rs 9 crore. The personnel of the company escaped and the office of the company is locked since then.

In the complaint, it is mentioned that this company has more than 150 branches throughout the country, including 34 branches in Karnataka and in Mangaluru itself they have collected more than Rs 9 crore from more than 200 investors.

Complainant lost Rs 50 lacs

Arafat, in his complaint to the police mentioned that "I had invested more than Rs 50 lacs. As I came to know that this company is going to get closed because of the losses they have suffered, I went to their head office in Chennai to inquire about the same. The office was locked there. The manager, director and seven other people were arrested after a complaint was registered against them. In this background, I am also filing a complaint here.”