ES Reporter

ITANAGAR, Jul 16: All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) president Hawa Bagang today refuted the allegation of Rs 12 crore financial fraud against him by one Vidya Amarnath on social media, Twitter.
Speaking to reporters,  Bagang said that his name has been dragged into the issue because a former associate Rohit Das had duped the victim  by fraudulently using his( Bagang) firm’s name.  He also expressed his willingness to cooperate with any investigating agency to further confirm his innocence in the case.
Bagang informed that an FIR was registered regarding the case at the Itanagar PS on July 17, 2019, which later was transferred to the Special Investigation Team (SIT), Itanagar. During the course of the investigation, the SIT found no connection of him in the entire case and has given him a clean chit.
Further disclosing the investigation details, Bagang said that Das had duped the victim of Rs 12.45 crore through a fake bank account opened at the then Vijaya Bank, now Bank of Baroda, in the name of his firm M/s Loma Yoma Enterprises.
Informing that he had known Rohit Das since his childhood and had been a business partner once for a project, Bagang said, “Das on few occasions handled some of my firm related works, and so at one point of time I gave him my firm’s documents for its registration under the PWD for government-related tender works. It was during this time that Das while breaching my trust fraudulently opened a bank account in the name of M/s Loma Yoma Enterprises to dupe the victim in the said case.”
He informed that the fake bank account opened by Das against the nomenclature of his firm’s name is signed by one Akash Dolo as its proprietor. Only the name of the firm has been used to dupe the other party , even my documents  have not been used , stated Bagang.
He further informed that he will take legal recourse against Vidya Amarnath. Amarnath should have contacted me, at least once, over phone or through other means before depositing such a huge amount, he said. "I have never met Vidya Amarnath or any of them involved in the case, even the  SIT has already investigated the case. Even  my  banks account details have been investigated but nothing wrong has been found," clarified the AAPSU President.

Meanwhile, Bagang’s legal counsel advocate Marto Kato, who was also present at the conference, said that his client’s innocence in the case has been well established by the detailed investigation undertaken by the SIT. 

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