Big scams from Dubai to America and India, this is how the owner of Blue Chip Group was caught in Dehradun

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Bluechip Group owner Ravindra Nath Soni on Monday on the basis of a case registered in Kanpur. He is accused of defrauding a person of Rs 42 lakh. According to the police, Soni has been accused of being involved in many investment scams not only in India but also abroad.

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Officials say that Soni was under police surveillance for a long time and was arrested while going out to take a food delivery order in Dehradun. The court has sent him to judicial custody and his bail plea has also been rejected.

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Accused caught from Dehradun

According to Anjali Vishwakarma, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kanpur, Sony is facing allegations of defrauding investors in many countries including Dubai. He said, “Though he was arrested in a case registered at Kanpur Kotwali, we have received several complaints from Dubai, US, Malaysia and other countries about his involvement in various scams. Several civil cases have been filed against his company in Dubai after it went bankrupt last year. We are trying to find out how he fled to India, whether he has adopted any illegal route.”

Caught on the pretext of food delivery

The officer said that the police team was keeping an eye on his activities for a long time. Vishwakarma said, “He was clever and avoided detection, but we tracked his location through his phone and found that he had given his address to a food delivery app. As soon as he stepped out, our team caught him.”

Many accounts were frozen

According to the police, Soni has been involved in various cases in the past also. “He had allegedly committed several frauds and was arrested by the Aligarh Police in 2017. We are focusing on the seriousness of the cases and registering as many FIRs as possible. We have found out that he has associates in India as well. We have traced Rs 80 lakh from several accounts and frozen them. He had three companies in India, while the Blue Chip Group had 12 subsidiaries in which he served as a director,” the officer said. According to a UAE-based Khaleej Times report, his firm had raised an investment of more than $17 million from about 90 people.

Action started on complaint of Delhi resident

According to the complaint filed by Abdul Karim of Delhi, a sales executive of Blue Chip Group had contacted his son for the first time and told him about investment plans. The complaint said that the company had claimed to double the amount to the investors in 36 to 46 months. “During this time, company owner Ravindra Nath Soni also met my son and told him about his investment plans for India. On his instructions, my son Talha invested Rs 9 lakh,” Karim alleges.