Himachal police teams were sent to various places in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh to arrest an apple trader who went missing with a consignment of apples worth Rs 1.08 crore. It is said that he is running a firm by the name of AZ Babloo.
According to the complaint, he used to operate the firm from shed number 33 in the apple market in Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee located
at Kather on Solan-Shimla highway.
However, APMC secretary Ravinder Sharma informed that no such arhtiya or trader is registered with APMC. Traders who buy apples from registered arhtiyas need to get registered and pay 1% as market fee to APMC.
To avoid market charges, many times traders do not register themselves with APMC. Sharma told that such cases keep coming fore every year and due to these reasons the business of apple has reached to deterioting stage.
According to the complainants, the owner of the company, Abdullah Ahmed, a resident of Surat in Gujarat, was doing apple business for the past two months.
He failed to make the balance payment of Rs 1.08 crore to 12 traders selling apples. Ajay Rana, Additional SP, Solan, said that the arhtiyas were paid partly, but he failed to pay the dues and disappeared.
Abdullah Ahmed has been booked for cheating under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and further investigation is on in the matter.
