Kumasi, Oct. 7, GNA - Two Ghanaians who allegedly duped an Indian of GH¢14,000 under the pretext of securing for him Ghanaian Resident and Working Permits have appeared before a Kumasi Circuit Court.

Alhassan Ibrahim, a transport operator, and Iddrisu Ahmed, social worker, who are charged with conspiracy and fraud denied the offence and were each admitted to a GH¢15,000 bail with a surety. They are to re-appear on Wednesday, October 14. It was quite a pitiful sight, as the Indian, Narish Shaimar, broke down and wept uncontrollably like a child, when asked by the Court to respond to the submission by the Counsel for the accused that his clients had not received any money from him.

The Court, presided over by Mr Justice Amo-Yartey, heard from Police Chief Inspector Mercy Dokyi that in 2007, Ibrahim and Shaimar travelled on the same bus to Burkina Faso and in the course of the journey, got into conversation leading to the exchange of cell phone contact numbers.

The complainant, thereafter, left for his country but they continued to communicate on phone. She said Ibrahim managed to convince Shaimar to return to Ghana with a promise to secure for him the relevant legal documents to stay and do business.

Mr Shaimar, therefore, returned to the country in August this year. Ibrahim met him at the Kotoka International Airport and, consequently, put him at a hotel in Asokwa, Kumasi. Ibrahim then took GH¢4,000 and 3,500 US dollars from Shaimar with his passport and Curriculum Vitae (CV) to process the necessary legal documents.

He later introduced Iddrisu as his partner and collected an additional GH¢5,000 after which they began to play tricks on him. The police retrieved from them the Passport and CV of Mr Shaimar.