Rs 200-cr EV fraud: Victims lodge plaint with EOW
A fraudster of Koraput district in Odisha has allegedly duped more than 20 businessmen of several States of the country of Rs 200 crore on the pretext of providing them franchises for electric vehicles (EVs). He is identified as Prabhat Kumar Nahak.
The fraud came to light when the victims lodged a complaint with the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
“I have been duped to the tune of Rs 30 lakh by Prabhat Nahak. I had transferred the payment to him in September 2021. However, I have not got the electric vehicles yet,” said an Uttar Pradesh businessman Lokesh Bhandari.
