Case booked against Italy-based firm on MEIL’s complaint

A case has been registered at the Cyberabad EOW police station against representatives of Italy-based Soilmech Company in connection with the alleged supply of defective machinery to city-based MEIL

Hyderabad: A case has been registered at the Cyberabad Economic Offences Wing (EOW) police station against representatives of Italy-based Soilmech Company in connection with the alleged supply of defective machinery to city-based Megha Engineering Infrastructure Limited (MEIL).

As per available information, Megha Engineering Infrastructure Limited had earlier secured a package of works as part of the construction of a railway line in Uttarakhand.

According to the police, MEIL had placed an order with Soilmech for the tunnel rings required for construction purposes. However, recently, defects were found in the machinery that arrived, even after the deadline had over. When the MEIL management tried to contact the Soilmech representatives, there was no response from the latter.

The MEIL representatives had initially filed a complaint at Balanagar police station alleging that Soilmech had collected Rs 13.5 crore and did not supply the correct machinery, causing a huge loss to them.

“We received the complaint and registered a case based on the facts. However, since the alleged value of the fraud was high, it was transferred to Cyberabad EOW for further investigation,” said T Narsimha Raju, Inspector, Balanagar.