Coimbatore: The rural police on Thursday arrested two men for cheating a textile mill owner of Rs 20 lakh. They had bought Rs 20 lakh worth bundles of warp thread from the mill owner and failed to pay the amount.
The arrested were identified as Rajesh, 42, and Dhanabal, 38, both from Pillaiyappampalayam. The duo was booked under sections 294 (b) (uttering obscene words), 420 (cheating) and 506 (i) (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. They were remanded in judicial custody on Friday morning.
P Senthilkumar, 45 from Andikadu, owns a textile mill at Sedapalayam near Somanur.
Police said Rajesh and Dhanabal had bought warp and weft thread from Senthilkumar in the last two years. But they failed to pay Rs 20 lakh for the goods purchased from the mill owner.