Pune bizman dupes 8 city traders one other of Rs 2.61 cr, arrested

The accused along with his accomplice had received money from traders promising them to send sugar to them

Sugar is sweet, or so one thinks, but for nine businessmen of the city, it turned bitter when they were duped of Rs 2.61 crore by a businessman and his associate from Pune on the pretext of providing sugar to them. The main accused was arrested on Wednesday, while a search is on for his accomplice. The crime branch officials had reached Mumbai after a tip-off, but by that time the accused had fled to Delhi, and the crime branch followed him and arrested him from Delhi.