The Charkop police have registered a case of cheating based on the complaint of a 22-year-old student. The complainant, Ajay Gupta, had ordered 30,000 eggs for his budding wholesale business in September 2021 and paid Rs 44,200 in advance to a man whom he came across through Justdial. Gupta—who had paid 40 per cent of the total amount, including Rs 10,200 in GST—was later asked to pay an additional Rs 42,750 for ‘insurance’. He refused and asked for a refund, but the accused, Gurmeet Singh, declined his request.

Gupta then went to the Charkop police station to register a complaint, but he alleged that the on-duty officer refused to do so. He then approached the court in May 2022, which ordered the police station to register the case. Three people were subsequently booked, on Tuesday. According to police sources, Gupta is a final-year BCom student and his father runs a fruit stall at Charkop Market. As he wanted to start his own business, he decided to become an egg wholesaler in 2021.