Kunigal DySP defrauded car service company?

BENGALURU: A general manager of a reputed car dealership and servicing company in Bommanahalli has accused a person claiming to be a senior police officer in Kunigal of fraud.

B.C. Lokesh, General Manager of Surakshaa Car Care has lodged a complaint with the 25th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Court on Thursday, accusing Chandrashekar R, purportedly the DySP of Kunigal taluk of defrauding his company of Rs 39,000, after repairs and servicing the latter’s car that had met with an accident in June this year.

The complaint was lodged after a legal notice was sent to Chandrashekar, the person who claimed to be the DySP of Kunigal taluk.

Lokesh alleges in his complaint that Chandrashekar approached Surakshaa Car Care on June 12 this year for repairs and servicing of a Maruti Swift car bearing registration number KA 51-N-9432 after it had met with an accident. The car was repaired, serviced and delivered to Chandrashekar on June 15 at a residence in BTM Layout with a bill amount of Rs 39,000 for repair charges, painting and other spare replacement charges. Chandrashekar then issued a cheque from Union Bank of India dated June 16.

The cheque bounced owing to insufficient funds in his account. When the car company staff informed Chandrashekar about the cheque bounce, he requested them to present the cheque again on June 23 as fresh funds would have been infused into his account. However, to the staff’s dismay, the cheque bounced again, said Lokesh in his complaint.

Lokesh received a jolt when he called Chandrashekar asking for the money but was told that he was a senior police officer and he knew how to handle it. “Chandrashekar told me that he was the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Kunigal sub-division and he was earlier working with the chief minister’s security division. He bluntly told me that he could not pay up the money at that time and I could do whatever possible to recover it.” said Lokesh to Deccan Chronicle.

“After learning that Chandrashekar was in fact the DySP of Kunigal, and it was true that he was earlier working in the city with the CM’s security division, I thought approaching the police would be of no help and registered a complaint with the court,” Lokesh added.

Meanwhile, when Deccan Chronicle contacted the DySP Kunigal, Chandrashekar, he said  “My daughter owns a Maruti Swift car, but not with that registration number, and I have not given it for repair or servicing anywhere in the city; moreover, my name goes with the initial K and not R. It is Chandrashekar K. and not R Chandrashekar. Someone might have used my name for impersonation and I will check on it,” he said.