A firm that outsourced labourers to Essar Projects (India) Limited in Surat has alleged fraud to the tune of Rs 3.5 crore by the officials of the engineering and construction company.Surendra Modi, the owner of the Surat-based labour outsourcing company, told police that he had been supplying labourers on contract to Essar Projects in Hazira since 1995. He has filed a cheating complaint against former HR head V L Rajyaguru among others with Hazira police station on Monday. Police registered offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 409 (criminal breach of trust), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), and 120(b) (criminal conspiracy). In his complaint, Modi alleged that he had submitted a bill of around Rs 16 crore for the services between 2007 and 2012. Essar officials, he said, paid Rs 13 crore through cheque and the remaining amount was pending. He was later denied the pending payment, he alleged. Feeling cheated, Modi approached Surat district court and on directions of the court a complaint was filed in this …