Woman held for cheating two of ₹1.45 crore by promising loan under PMEGP

The Udupi territory constabulary person arrested 1 Koushalya connected the complaint of cheating 2 radical of ₹1.45 crore by assuring them of a indebtedness nether Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).

In her ailment to Brahmavar constabulary station, Sarita Lewis, 39, a nonmigratory of Yedtady colony successful Brahmavar taluk, alleged that Koushalya assured her of a indebtedness nether PMEGP. Under the guise of making payments to get this loan, Koushalya made Ms. Lewis wage her and her household members, including her hubby Sandesh, ₹80.72 lakh successful cash. Similarly Ms. Lewis’s comparative Angelina D’Silva paid ₹65 lakh to Koushalya successful currency to get a PMEGP indebtedness of ₹4 crore.

The Brahmavar constabulary registered her ailment for offences nether Sections 318 (2), 318 (4), and 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and arrested Koushalya.

PMEGP is simply a credit-linked subsidy programme aimed astatine generating self-employment opportunities done the constitution of micro-enterprises successful the non-farm sector. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) functions arsenic the nodal bureau astatine the nationalist level, portion it is implemented by Khadi and Village Industries Boards, District Industries Centres (DICs), and banks successful the State.

As per the accusation connected the dashboard of PMEGP, a full of 14,575 applications from Karnataka person been filed for loans betwixt April 1 and October 27. Of this, 344 applications were from Udupi and 281 were from Dakshina Kannada.