Pareekshith Shet

Daijiworld Media Network-Udupi (RJP)

Udupi, Aug 7: A person has complained to Malpe police station here that he has been cheated to the tune of Rs 3.27 lac in the name of Patanjali.

Pawan Jayakara Kotian from Tenkanidiyuru is the complainant.

Pawan had applied for distributorship of Patanjali Ayurvedic Limited though Patanjali.org website on June 20 this year. On July 21, he received a confirmation that his application had been accepted. Then he sent his resume to the WhatsApp number specified in the website.

After he uploaded the resume, Pawan received a phone call asking him to pay Rs 15,500 and Rs 25,000 for registration purpose and Rs 1.8 lac for Patanjali products. Accordingly he deposited Rs 75,000 into Punjab National Bank on July 6 as requested by the caller. Then he sent the deposit slip to the concerned persons.

After that Pawan also made some more transfers from his mother’s bank account into the same account as and when they demanded. While he had to make deposits many times without any positive response from the recipients of money, Pawan developed some suspicion. Then he phoned an executive at Patanjali Ayurvedic Limited. The executive told him that Patanjali company did not demand any money like this. He said fraudsters might have done it using the Patanjali name. It is later discovered that the fraudsters used Patanjali name, data from their website, seal of the company, signatures of CEO and other information to cheat Pawan.

Pawan has lost Rs. 3.27 lacs in the fraud.

Malpe police are investigating.