UP STF Arrests Mastermind Behind ₹4 Crore FCI Tender Scam in Lucknow

UP STF exposed the case of fraud of 4 crores in the name of getting tender in Food Corporation of India and arrested the kingpin of the gang from Lucknow. Read more on Dynamite News

Lucknow: UP STF exposed the case of fraud of 4 crores in the name of getting tender in Food Corporation of India and arrested the kingpin of the gang from Lucknow.

According to Dynamite News correspondent, a few days ago, Syed Rafat Muin, son of Syed Muinuddin, a resident of Viramkhand, Gomtinagar Lucknow had given a complaint to UP STF regarding cheating of Rs 4 crore by Arvind Chauhan alias Sagar Khandelwal, Abhishek Thakur, Vishal Garg, Abhishek Jain in the name of getting him a tender of Rs 140 crore from FCI.

During the investigation proceedings, STF was collecting information. During this, information was received that Arvind Chauhan alias Sagar Khandelwal, the kingpin of the gang who cheated in the name of getting tenders for rice, sorghum and maize in FCI in Lucknow district, was going to meet someone behind Police Modern School Vineet Khand, Gomtinagar Lucknow.

On receiving the information, a team was immediately formed and sent off. Taking immediate action, the team arrested the accused Arvind Chauhan alias Sagar Khandelwal from behind Police Modern School Vineet Khand, Gomtinagar Lucknow.

Confession of the accused

On interrogation, the arrested accused told that his real name is Nazahir Hussain son of late Azadar Hussain. I am a native of village Jareli Post Abhayrajpur police station-Nawabganj, Bareilly. My education is Intermediate. I have an organized gang, which cheats people by using fake and forged documents in the name of getting them contracts/tenders. In this work, we do not tell our real name and address to anyone.

I have got 2 fake Aadhar cards made. I had told Rafat Muim my name as Arvind Chauhan alias Sagar Khandelwal. I had agreed with Shri Syed Rafat Muin and Tanveer Ziauddin Khan resident Khurramnagar Lucknow to get a tender of about Rs 140 crore of rice of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana state from Food Corporation of India. I told Rafat Muim that 10 percent of the tender of Rs 140 crore i.e. Rs 14 crore will have to be deposited.

The deal was fixed for Rs 5 crore to get Rs 14 crore waved off. After which, we, along with our gang members, took about Rs 4 crore in cash on different dates by taking them into confidence by showing fake and forged documents. Rafat was pressurizing Muim to take the remaining Rs 1 crore, saying that if the money is not given soon, the tender will be lost.

Recovery

1. 2 mobile phones.
2. 1 watch.
3. Rs 1,500 cash.
4. Forged Aadhaar card (Arvind Chauhan, Sagar Khandelwal)
5. Forged identity card of Food Corporation of India (FCI) (Arvind Chauhan)
6. 02 copies of forged bank draft.
7. 02 copies of election card of Nazahir Hussain.
8. PAN card of Nazahir Hussain.
9. Forged form 96 work related to the tender of Food Corporation of India.