New Delhi, March 21, 2007
Rajinder Kaur
In 2004, NRI Manish Gupta from Kenya, owner of Doncapo Afroasia
company, made a contract with Ghaziabad-based importer Pradeep
Kumar Garg to send a large quantity of aluminium ignot from Nigeria
for worth of Rs 1.25 crore
When Gupta's company Doncapo Afroasia despatched the shipment
to Delhi from Nigeria, Garg found almost empty containers with
five per cent of the order. Pradeep Kumar Garg registered case
with Delhi police.
On March 15, when Manish Gupta arrived Delhi Airport from Kenya,
he was arrested for allegedly defrauding of Rs 1.25 crore.
Gupta told police during interrogation that he prepared the false
export documents with the help of Rajeev Aggarwal who is director
of his firm Doncapo Afroasia. He was produced before a local court
and judge gave four days remand to police for further investigation.
