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KARACHI (EAST)
Suit No. of 2022
……….. Plaintiffs
Versus
……….. Defendants
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2. That, the instant Suit is being filed by the Plaintiffs against the
Defendants in order to claim recovery of the amounts invested by the
Plaintiffs along with the profits accumulated thereon, due to a fraud
committed and perpetrated by the Defendants upon the Plaintiffs as well
as on thousands of other members of public at large. This fraud has been
carried out by the Defendants in the nature of a Ponzi Scheme, whereby
the Defendants sought money from the Plaintiffs as an investment in their
business of purchase of goats and gave false assurances and commitments
that within a period of 18 months, the Defendants will pay out double the
amount invested by the Plaintiffs. The Plaintiffs including various other
members of public invested their hard earned money and savings with the
hope of receiving handsome returns on their investment. However, after
giving payouts of some nominal amounts to some investors, the
Defendants stopped making payments and most of the Defendants are
nowhere to be found. It is estimated that the total amount of investments
made by various members of public goes into billions of rupees. The
Plaintiffs submit that the Defendants have committed serious fraud on the
Plaintiffs as well as on the other members of the public, and they are liable
to return the amounts of investments made by the Plaintiffs along with
any and all the returns promised by the Defendants. Hence the instant
Suit for recovery of amounts is being filed.
4. That, as per the contract, the amount invested by the Plaintiffs was
Rs. 35,000/- per unit or goat, and the Defendants gave false assurances
and commitments that Defendants will keep the goats for a period of 18
months and after 18 months period, the profit would be a pregnant goat
or its offspring, such that this pregnant goat will be treated as double of
goats and if such pregnant goat gives birth to more than one offspring,
such extra offspring would be counted as bonus, and the Plaintiffs would
receive their due share from such bonus also. As per the contract, after
expiry of the 18 months period, the Defendants would purchase the unit
or goat from the Plaintiff and pay the amount of capital invested and the
profit i.e. the price of offspring of the goat, and the bonus (if any). The
Defendants gave assurances that this arrangement or contract would yield
profits to an extent that it would double the amount invested within 18
months and would also pay bonus if the goat gives birth to more than one
offspring.
7. That, it has now become obvious that the Defendants created sham
companies and businesses in order to perpetrate such fraud. The goat
farms shown to some of the Plaintiffs were nothing but a sham and a
façade in order to lure more and more people into making investments.
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10. That, it is further submitted that some of the investors also lost their
lives and/or suffered great mental torture and trauma, after coming to
know that the Defendants have committed a fraud with them and that
they may not be able to recover their invested amounts. As such, the
Plaintiffs also claim damages on account of mental torture, stress and
agony.
12. That, the Plaintiffs also have the contracts signed with the
Defendants, copies of which are annexed herewith. It is submitted that
even otherwise, the Defendants are liable to return the amounts paid by
the Plaintiffs under such contracts, along with any and all profits
accumulated thereon.
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13. That, the Plaintiffs have also found various documents pertaining
to the Defendants No. 1 to 4 businesses and various other details of the
Defendants No. 5 to 8 involved in this organized fraud upon the public at
large. All such documents have been annexed here in above for this
Hon’ble Court’s record. In addition to these documents, the Plaintiffs also
pray that this Hon’ble Court may graciously be pleased to allow further
documents to be taken out from the record of various government
departments, in order to further ascertain other persons involved in
committing this large scale fraud on the Plaintiffs as well as other
members of the public.
14. That, the Plaintiffs further claim an amount of Rs. 1,000,000/- per
person, as damages on account of mental torture, stress, and agony. The
Plaintiffs also claim mark-up at the prevailing market rate on the amounts
claimed by the Plaintiffs from the date of investment till their realization.
15. That, it is further submitted that keeping in view the severity of the
fraud and the fraudulent actions of the Defendants, it is clear that the
Defendants have disappeared after misappropriating huge amounts of
money from the public at large including from the Plaintiffs.
Consequently, it is apparent that the Defendants will also attempt to
dispose of any and all properties and assets in their possession, in order to
defeat any Decree that could be passed by this Hon’ble Court. Therefore,
this Hon’ble Court may graciously be pleased to allow searches to be
carried out in order to ascertain the properties and assets in the name of
the Defendants, and then to appoint Receiver for the properties and assets
of the Defendants No. 1 to 4 businesses and of the personal properties and
assets of the Defendants No.5 to 13 and other accomplices involved in this
fraud. This will help in securing the Plaintiff’s claim and any decree that
may be passed by this Hon’ble Court.
16. That the cause of action for the present Suit arose in favor of the
Plaintiffs as against the Defendants, on several dates as stated in the
paragraphs herein above and in the documents annexed herewith, and
lastly arose on February 7, 2022, when some of the Plaintiffs went to visit
the offices of the Defendants and found the same closed and locked; and
thereafter the cause of action is continuing and arises on day to day basis
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till the date of filing of the instant Suit, and on each day thereafter as the
Plaintiffs have been deprived of their lawful savings;
17. That for the purposes of calculating the Court fees, the instant Suit
is valued at more than Rs.17,684,632/-, for which the maximum Court Fees
has been paid.
18. That, the Plaintiffs have duly signed/verified the Plaint in person
or through their respective duly constituted Special Attorney, copies of
respective Powers of Attorney are annexed herewith.
19. That the head office of the Defendant No. 1 is situated within the
territorial limits of PS-Tipu Sultan, which police station is within the
jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court. Hence this Hon’ble Court has
jurisdiction to adjudicate on this instant Suit.
PRAYER
That it is therefore prayed, that this Hon’ble Court on the facts and
circumstances of this case, be pleased to,
I. Any other further relief or reliefs that this Hon’ble Court may be
pleased to deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the
case;
VERIFICATION
We,
(1) Sohail Ahmed son of Abdullah Khatri, Muslim, Adult, having CNIC
No. 41408-4188948-7, resident of Flat No. 102, Shah Arcade, 15th Street,
Bihar Colony, E Road, Lyari, Karachi, the Plaintiff No.1;
(2) Shafqat Alim son of Abdul Alim, Muslim, Adult, holding CNIC
No.42101-1585108-7, resident of House No. R-785, Sector 15-A, Bufferzone,
North Karachi, Karachi, the duly constituted attorney of Plaintiff No.2;
(3) Sabir son of Abdul Khaliq, Muslim, Adult, having CNIC No.42401-
1871749-7, resident of House No. 1726/2394A, Muhajir Camp, Saeedabad,
Karachi, the Plaintiff No.3 for self and as Natural Guardian of the
Plaintiff No.4;
(4) Muhammad Aslam son of Late Rehmat Din, Muslim, Adult, holding
CNIC No. 42101-1120490-9, resident of House No. R-76, Sector 14/A,
Shadman Town, North Karachi, Karachi, the duly constituted Attorney of
Plaintiff No.5;
(5) Wajid Ali son of son of Muhammad Ali, Muslim, Adult, holding CNIC
No. 42201-3618191-5, resident of House No. L-329, Hussain Hazara Goth,
Block 11, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, the Plaintiff No. 6;
Do hereby state on Oath that the contents of the Plaint have been
read over to us in the language that we duly understand and we have
gone through the same and we fully understand the same, and whatever
stated herein above is true and correct to the best of our knowledge and
belief.
DEPONENT NO.5
CNIC No. ________________
Cell No. ________________
Karachi,
Dated: May, 2022
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DOCUMENTS FILED :
S.
No Description of documents Date Marked
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Copies of various documents pertaining to “A” to
1. -
the Defendants “A/21”
A table showing details of the payments
made by the Plaintiffs to the Defendants
2. - “B”
the amounts received (if any), and the
amount of claim of each of the Plaintiffs.
True copies of the contracts signed by each “C” to
3. -
of the Plaintiffs with the Defendants “C/5”
True copies of Powers of Attorneys of “D” &
4. -
respective Plaintiffs “D/1”
Drafted by
Barrister-at-Law