Pune, 16 June 2025: A wholesale medicine supplier in Pune has lost over ₹4.4 crore after being cheated by two people who falsely promised to export medicines to a Dubai-based company.
The victim, Nilesh Sonigara (46), who owns New Amar Pharmaceuticals, filed a complaint at Vishrambaug Police Station. Police have booked Jayesh Vasant Jain (41) of Maharshinagar and a woman from Mohammadwadi in this case.
According to police, in 2024, Sonigara started supplying medicines on credit to the woman, who also runs a local pharmacy. In November 2024, she introduced him to Jain, claiming he was connected with a Dubai company needing large quantities of medicines for export.
Trusting her word, Sonigara sent medicines worth ₹4,40,35,905 between March and May 2025 on a one-month credit period. The medicines were billed in the woman’s name. She gave him 60 post-dated cheques as payment guarantee.
However, when Sonigara asked for payment, she kept delaying and later said she had no funds. She then stopped answering his calls altogether.
When Sonigara checked further, he found out she had allegedly cheated another medicine supplier of ₹83.38 lakh in a similar way.
Police have filed an FIR for cheating and criminal breach of trust. Inspector Arun Ghodke from the Crime Branch is investigating the case.