GURGAON: Economic offences wing (EOW) has registered an FIR on Sunday in connection with an alleged fraud of over Rs 2.19 crore at a renewable energy company, naming four accused, including an employee of a third-party service provider and representatives of a vendor firm. According to a complaint by ReNew Private Limited, the fraud was detected during an internal review of advance payments made to a vendor, Shayona Enterprises. The company found that advances worth Rs 2.31 crore were processed against work orders of only Rs 21.6 lakh. The complaint alleged that Manish Kumar Jha, an employee of Mynd Integrated Solutions Pvt Ltd deployed at the company’s Gurgaon office, misused his position to process fraudulent payments. He was responsible for handling vendor payments and advances. An internal investigation conducted in July and Aug 2025 found that Jha processed payments based on fake or inflated proforma invoices that were not approved by the company’s departments. These invoices were shared with him through personal communication channels. The company alleged that Jha acted in collusion with Shayona Enterprises and its associates-Dharmendra Ramchandani, Anjana Gurnani and Ajay Singh Yadav-to siphon funds by generating fraudulent invoices and bypassing internal checks. During the internal enquiry, Jha allegedly admitted to entering into an arrangement with the vendor around Aug 2024 and facilitating payments in exchange for kickbacks. “He disclosed that he received around Rs 65 lakh from the accused through various channels, including bank transfers and other means,” the complaint stated. The vendor also failed to provide official documents, the complaint added. Police said a case has been registered under sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC at the EOW police station.
