Another scam in Nehru Place

Computer Mart, Groovy Communications and Pretech Computers, three of the

oldest, experienced and stable resellers in the capital, were taken for a ride

by APSO Electronics, a small time consumer electronics shop in Patel Nagar.

The wrongdoer, the man behind the whole scene, Aman Kumar, Director, APSO

Computers--as he was operating in Nehru Place--started playing his cards in

October last year by approaching Ashok Grover of Groovy Communications, Sanjeev

Anand of Computer Mart and somebody in Pretech Computers.

Coming back to Kumar, he depicted his requirement of HP DeskJet printers to

be given away as free gifts under a scheme that he was running during the Diwali

time, which was to last till March 2001.

Agreeing on all the terms and conditions, he placed individual orders with

Computer Mart and Groovy. Initially, to give a bait for trapping the catch,

Kumar cleared all the dues, either well in advance or within the normal payment

cycle of 21 days, as and when he picked up the material. But then suddenly, with

both of them (Anand and Grover), the cheques that he paid for a material picked

a little before Feb 28, 2001 bounced. They, of course, raised a hue'n'`cry about

it and approached Kumar.

The excuses that Kumar gave, just could not be digested without a pinch of

salt, but somehow he managed to convince them and placed another couple of

orders, safely. Though at the same time he also afford to convince them that

they should not deposit the cheques that he was giving them against the new

orders, as he would surely pay them in cash. And they trusted him.

Thereafter this trend of regular payment defaults started. Ever since March,

both the men have been asking for their respective payments, individually, but

to no success. They still did not filed the First Information Report (FIR) with

the Police, thinking that the chap might pay them with decent methods. But after

frequent inquiries with Kumar, Anand and Grover gave up on the 'decent enough'

ways and tried all they could to get their huge payments back, but all efforts

went down the drain.

Because of the repeated rude refusals from Kumar, they finally submitted all

his cheques in the bank, which they had held with them(selves). Around 10 days

back, they deposited all the cheques, which obviously bounced. Then reacting on

that, a legal notice was sent to Kumar and now the wait is in process for the

culprit to respond. The FIR shall be filed at the end of this notice period,

which ends in the first week of September for the two dealers.

When DQW News Bureau spoke to Grover, GM, Pretech, about the case, he refused

to talk about it, saying, "I am receiving my money from APSO in small

installments and whatever has happened, I do not want to see that in

Black&White."