Mumbai crime: Ex-Army woman duped of Rs 1.92 cr by fraudsters

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A retired Army staff has been cheated of Rs 1.92 crore by 11 fraudsters over a period of two years. Mira Road police have registered a case against all accused. No arrest has been made in the case yet.

As per police, Sushila Thakur, a 67-year-old resident of Beverly Park, had taken voluntary retirement to take care of her son. In 2019, one Badruddin Munir, who claimed to be from her village, befriended her over Facebook. During conversations, Thakur had told Munir about her family, including her 32-year-old son.

Munir then told Thakur that there was a tantrik who could treat her son and asked for an initial payment of Rs 80,000 for some rituals. Munir later also introduced Thakur to several other people and continued to take money under false pretexts.

"Munir also introduced her to a person for buying a villa in her hometown. He had also asked her to pay for buying a hotel in Kerala. Every time he introduced her to different people with different schemes. Money was transferred to 11 different accounts and we have registered a case against all of them," an officer from Mira Road police station said.

The Mira Road police have booked the 11 accused under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 120B (conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.