3.1. The informant has represented himself to be the proprietor of one M/s Sundar Enterprise, Gauripur and claimed that he was given dealership of three-wheeler e-rickshaw belonging to ‘Plaudit’ brand of M/s Plaudit. As per the agreement executed between M/s Sundar Enterprise with M/s Plaudit, the price of e-rickshaw had to be transferred through NEFT/RTGS to M/s Plaudit. The accused no. 2, Hellal Uddin representing himself to be an agent of M/s Plaudit, involved himself in a process of transaction whereby the informant sought to order 20 nos. of e-rickshaws from M/s Plaudit and as a part of that transaction, the informant stated to have transferred an amount of Rs. 7,00,000/- as advance. The accused no. 2 undertook to give delivery of the e-rickshaws to the informant at Gauripur and in that connection, an amount of Rs. 25,000/- was also transferred by the informant to the account of the accused no. 2. M/s Plaudit had, thereafter on 03.04.2021, by way of an e-way bill, stated to have transported 14 nos. of e-rickshaws by a vehicle bearing registration no. WB19/J-2342 belonging to the accused no. 3 for delivery at Gauripur. M/s Plaudit represented that the price consideration of those 14 nos. of e-rickshaws was Rs. 6,72,000/-. When 14 nos. of e-rickshaws did not reach M/s Sundar Enterprise at Gauripur, the informant suspected that M/s Plaudit had prepared a forged e-way bill and thereby, misappropriated the entire amount of Rs. 7,00,000/-. He also suspected that otherwise, the 14 nos. of e-rickshaws might have been stolen when they were on the way.
