Noida Police Files FIR Against Ringing Bells

Noida based company Ringing Bells, which has claimed manufacturing the world's cheapest smartphone Freedom 251 for just Rs 251, as Noida police has registered an FIR against the company for cheating its customers. The FIR was filed based on the complaint lodged by BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.

In his complaint MP from Mumbai North-East had alleged that it is a 'ponzi bogus company scam' and urged the Noida police to freeze the firm's account to protect gullible buyers. Terming the company's ambitious project a scam, Somaiya said he had gone through all the papers of the company.

The Centre has informed the Uttar Pradesh government to check the bonafide of the promoter.

Somaiya blamed the company of putting up misleading advertisements by using words such as Make in India, Digital India and Skill India. It was trying to show that it is a Make in India project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for cheating people. A copy of complaint is with Mail Today.

The MP claimed that the Tricolour was also being abused in the advertisements to misguide the buyers. Mohit Goel, director of Ringing Bells Pvt. Ltd said: "We remain committed to cooperate with any government agency that may require to inquire our organisation for any reason or suspicion. I do maintain that we will deliver the most affordable quality products to our customers through our various range of smart phones including the Freedom 251."

However, BJP MP also has approached telecom ministry, telecom regulator TRAI, consumer ministry, Sebi, corporate ministry, finance ministry, RBI and state governments to check various concerns that he has on company offering mobile phone for Rs 251 which is proving the world's cheapest smartphone.

The phone's February 18 launch made headlines across the world and featured high-profile guests. Within three days of its release, 70 million people had booked the phone online of which 30,000 had paid, causing the website to crash. The company claims that the delivery of all handsets will be completed by June 30. The 3G handset features a 4-inch display, Qualcomm 1.3-GHz quadcore processor and 1 GB RAM, according to details shared by the company.