Bangladesh envoy taken for a journey in identify of Bollywood singer occasion

By Express News Service

KOLKATA:  The Bangladesh deputy excessive commissioner in Kolkata was cheated of Rs 8 lakh by fraudsters who promised a musical soiree of Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal in Dhaka. The incident got here to gentle when artist Chirantan Bandopadhyay, additionally duped of Rs 20 lakh by the identical group of fraudsters, moved the Calcutta High Court. The artist went to  court docket after the police didn’t make any headway.

The plot to dupe the 2 events unfolded in January, a police officer mentioned. ‘’The suspects created a fictitious organisation utilizing the identify of a real firm. They defrauded the deputy excessive fee’s workplace of Rs 8 lakh as advance. The cash was despatched to the  account of 1 Krishna Sharma, the director of the fictional firm. The deputy excessive fee acquired acknowledgement message from a pretend e-mail ID and WhatsApp variety of Shreya Ghoshal,’’ mentioned the officer.

The message knowledgeable that the singer would attain Bangladesh a day earlier than the scheduled occasion for which two rooms in a five-star lodge have been requested. ‘’The deputy excessive commissioner’s workplace tried to contact the fictional organisation earlier than the occasion to a get last affirmation however their e-mails and messages went unanswered,” police mentioned.