Harassment of usurers increased in Godhra - News18 Gujarati

Rajesh Joshi, Panchmahal: The Panchmahal district police, turning a blind eye to moneylenders, have registered offenses under different sections of money laundering against two moneylenders from Godhra city. The police have arrested three accused in this matter and started action to take action against other moneylenders in the city. It may be mentioned that the usurers continued to extort money even after charging double the principal amount. In which a usurer even locked the money borrower’s house. At that time, a campaign has been started by the government through the police to stop usurers, and the victims are now coming out.

The money was brought in at a monthly interest of 10%

Mihir Bharatbhai Rana, a resident of Gokuldham society near Nari Kendra in Panchmahal district headquarters of Godhra city, filed a complaint with the divisional police station of Godhra city that he was working in a private company. During the Corona period, the job was stopped and last July 2020, the complainant Mihir’s father Bharatbhai, in need of money for his medical treatment due to Corona, asked for a loan of 1.20 lakh rupees from his acquaintance Manoj Hasmukh Rana, when Manoj showed his readiness to give the money at a monthly interest of 10%. And he was giving his blank check of 1.20 lakh rupees with interest and getting his father treated.Also Read: Gujarat Science City has become a free Wi-Fi campus

Paid more interest than capital

In the meantime his father passed away and after his posthumous rites the need for more money arose and he also took Rs 70 thousand at 10% interest from a person named Dinesh Dantani. Also, he was regularly paying 10% monthly interest to both the persons every month after starting the job again. Meanwhile, Mihir Rana first got Rs 50,000 from Manoj Rana and later got money from his relatives and later returned Rs 3.50 lakh in cash and Rs 4 lakh against Rs 1.20 lakh.

The building was locked in extortion

While Dinesh was paying interest of 7 thousand per month to Dantani at 10% article of 70,000. Thus, despite having paid a total of 1.40 lakh rupees, Dinesh Dantani locked the house of Mihir Rana in Godhra’s Gokuldham Society and threatened to kill him by extorting the money remaining in the account of Rs 5 lakh from the complainant. As his house was locked, Mihir Rana went to stay at his father-in-law’s house at Balasinore. Later Dinesh Dantani and his wife went to Balasinore and extorted money and threatened to kill them.

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Accused arrested on police complaint

In order to avoid the harassment of usurers in the whole matter and motivated by the special campaign launched by the police against usurers, the division police station of Godhra city gave a written complaint. The police have registered offenses under various sections of the IPC and the Gujarat Money Laundering Act against both the moneylenders and arrested both the men and later the accused woman. Along with this, after getting his corona test done, he was arrested and told who else he gave money on interest, how much interest he was giving. Also, an investigation has been conducted regarding how much money has been recovered and from where they have brought such a huge amount.

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Tags: Extortion, Panchmahal Crime, Gujarat

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