Freedom 251 phone maker Ringing Bells’ MD detained for fraud
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Mohit Goel, the Director of Noida-based company Ringing Bells which had announced Freedom251 smartphones at an astonishingly low price of Rs. 251 apiece, was detained on Thursday on allegations of fraud, police said.
Mr. Goel has been detained after owner of Ghaziabad-based Ayam Enterprises filed an FIR alleging that Ringing Bells “defrauded” it of Rs. 16 lakh.
Ghaziabad Deputy SP Manish Mishra said Mr. Goel has been detained for interrogation in the matter.
In the FIR, Ayam Enterprises has claimed it was persuaded by Mr. Goel and others from Ringing Bells to take up the distributorship of the Freedom251 phones in November 2015.
“We paid Rs. 30 lakh to Ringing Bells through RTGS on different occasions. But it delivered us product worth Rs. 13 lakh only. Upon follow-up, we could get products plus money totaling Rs. 14 lakh,” it claimed in the FIR.
The owners of Ayam Enterprises claim that they were threatened with life if they asked for the remaining money “again and again”.
Ringing Bells had begun the sale of Freedom 251 handsets, touted as the world’s cheapest, via its website in February last year.
It landed in a controversy, however, with some alleging it was like a ponzi scheme. The firm had claimed that around 30,000 customers had booked the phone despite some glitch and seven crore people registered for it. #casansaar (Source - The Hindu)
Mr. Goel has been detained after owner of Ghaziabad-based Ayam Enterprises filed an FIR alleging that Ringing Bells “defrauded” it of Rs. 16 lakh.
Ghaziabad Deputy SP Manish Mishra said Mr. Goel has been detained for interrogation in the matter.
In the FIR, Ayam Enterprises has claimed it was persuaded by Mr. Goel and others from Ringing Bells to take up the distributorship of the Freedom251 phones in November 2015.
“We paid Rs. 30 lakh to Ringing Bells through RTGS on different occasions. But it delivered us product worth Rs. 13 lakh only. Upon follow-up, we could get products plus money totaling Rs. 14 lakh,” it claimed in the FIR.
The owners of Ayam Enterprises claim that they were threatened with life if they asked for the remaining money “again and again”.
Ringing Bells had begun the sale of Freedom 251 handsets, touted as the world’s cheapest, via its website in February last year.
It landed in a controversy, however, with some alleging it was like a ponzi scheme. The firm had claimed that around 30,000 customers had booked the phone despite some glitch and seven crore people registered for it. #casansaar (Source - The Hindu)
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