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Mumbai Police’s (EOW) has apprehended a businessman for reportedly swindling a Dutch national out of Rs 4.5 crore. The Indian businessman, operating in the transport sector, purportedly sold an airplane to the Dutch national without disclosing its involvement in a financial dispute under investigation by the NCLT.
The Dutch national, represented by a spokesperson, asserts that he was unaware of the dispute until the scheduled delivery, when the plane was en route from Rajasthan to Mudra port, where authorities halted the delivery. The accused apprehended by the EOW, identified as Amit Agarwal, has a history of criminal offences. The FIR, filed by the representative of the in India on May 8, led to Agarwal’s arrest by the EOW team, on Wednesday.
According to the FIR, Mitchel Kneefel, the Dutch national and president of Trek Air BV, a company dealing in purchasing old aircraft globally, responded to an advertisement by Agarwal’s company, Supreme Transport Organisation Pvt Ltd. Kneefel entered into a deal with Agarwal to sell an aircraft named VT-UDN, which had been involved in an accident in 2018 and was parked at Gangadhar airport in Rajasthan. Kneefel alleges in his complaint to the EOW that he and Agarwal finalised the sale of the aircraft for R4.
5 crore, with Agarwal agreeing to cancel the aircraft’s registration in India, which he subsequently did. ADVERTISEMENT The complainant reported that after finalising the deal and making the payment, they received an email o.
