Rishabh Pant falls victim to Haryana's arrested cricketer Mrinank Singh over fake business references

Rishabh Pant was duped for Rs 1,63,00,000 last year in February through a bounced cheque.

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Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant had also been conned by a Haryana cricketer Mrinank Singh, who had recently been arrested for duping a businessman by offering to get him expensive watches and mobile phones at a cheap rate. The left-hander alongside his manager, Puneet Solanki, filed a case against Mrinank as he was duped for Rs 1,63,00,000 last year in February through a bounced cheque.

The Saket court last week issued a notice to the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai to present Singh while he was arrested by the Juhu police earlier this month for allegedly cheating a city-based businessman of Rs 6 lakh. It has been noted that Pant desired to buy a Franck Muller Vanguard Yachting Series watch and paid Rs 36,25,120 for a Crazy Colour Watch alongside Rs 62,60,000 for a Richard Mille watch.

Mrinank falsely represented to Rishabh Pant and his manager that he could procure luxury watches

According to Mid-day sources, Pant’s complaint stated that he was deceived by Singh, who produced false references to earn the trust of the former. The complaint added the information on the expense of the watches that were produced and noted a mutual oral settlement for INR 1.63 crore.

“In January 2021, Mrinank told Pant and Solanki that he had started a business of buying and selling luxury watches, bags, jewellery, etc. He gave references to several cricketers to whom he claimed to have sold the goods. He falsely represented to Pant and his manager that he could procure luxury watches and other accessories for them at good discounts and very cheap prices” the complaint stated.

“Believing in the story of the accused, Pant handed over a luxury watch and few jewellery items in the month of Feb 2021 to the accused, that were purchased by him for Rs 65,70,731/- (Sixty Five Lakh Seventy Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty One only) for resale (sic),” the complaint added.

The sources also revealed that a film director and several hotels have all been conned by the 23-year-old, Singh with fake references. Meanwhile, Pant recently captained the Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022 and finished fifth in the points table.

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