Allegations of ₹1.5 Crore Fraud Against Textile Merchant in Surat

According to TV9 Gujarati's report, a serious allegation of committing a fraud of ₹1.5 crore has been made against a textile merchant in Surat. Around 10 job work holders in Surat are waiting to receive ₹1.5 crore of their remuneration from this textile merchant. Due to not receiving the money before the Diwali festival, the job work holders are facing financial difficulties.

According to the allegations, textile merchant Jagdishbhai Babubhai Polara initially won the trust of the job work holders by making timely payments. As the transactions were going well initially, the workers kept working, placing their trust in him. However, later the payments began to be delayed and despite repeated promises, the remaining amount was not paid.

According to the victims, against a total amount of ₹1 crore to ₹1.5 crore, only ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh has been paid. Jagdishbhai Polara has earlier faced similar allegations of fraud in the diamond industry as well. Apart from this, the location of his shop has also been shifted from STM (Surat Textile Market) to elsewhere.

As there was no solution to this matter for a long time, the job work holders had earlier made representations at the Amroli and Salabatpura police stations. Now, they have reached the Police Commissioner's office demanding strict action to recover the remaining amount of ₹1.5 crore due to them. This entire incident has sparked heavy discussion in the textile market of Surat.