B'luru-based apparel seller files case against Snapdeal

Bengaluru-based apparel-seller Rajdhani Cotton has filed a complaint with the Delhi police against Jasper Infotech Private Limited, which runs e-commerce firm Snapdeal, and its founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, for alleged non-payment of dues to them.

Rajat Gupta, one of the promoters of Rajdhani Cotton, told PTI here, “We have lodged a complaint with the Delhi police to look into a matter of cheating and breach of trust. Snapdeal owes us Rs 67.6 lakh for business transactions between April 2014 and April 2016, but it has fraudulently withheld the payments.”

Police has filed a case against Jasper and its founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, under IPC sections 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy), the counsel for Rajdhani Cottons Aditya Parolia said.

The case also has also been lodged under Section 120 of the Companies Act 2013, where companies are supposed to keep accounts for eight years, he said.

Parolia said, “It is the responsibility of Snapdeal to keep the accounts with them, which they have not done. This is the reason why they cannot consolidate the payments which are to be made to vendors. Whenever we go and ask them for payments, they, on the contrary ask us to produce the accounts for payments.”

Responding to the matter, Snapdeal spokesperson said the company will deal with the issue as per the contractual terms of the agreement and as per established process of
law.