20 February,2024 11:21 AM IST | Navi Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Navi Mumbai Police said on Tuesday that a case has been registered against a woman, her son, and another individual for allegedly defrauding a 41-year-old city resident of Rs 5 lakh by selling him fake gold coins.
The victim was first won over by the accused, who is from Mumbra in the Thane district, when he sold him real gold coins earlier this month, reported PTI.
An official from Kharghar police station told the news agency that the trio later lured him into purchasing more coins and allegedly defrauded him of Rs 5 lakh by selling him phoney gold coins.
When the Navi Mumbai man realised he was duped, he approached the Mumbra Police who referred the matter to their Kharghar counterparts, stated the PTI report.
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The report added that the Kharghar police on Monday registered a case against the mother-son duo and another accused under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 34 (common intention).
In another case from the Navi Mumbai township, the cops have booked four for allegedly cheating five people of Rs 65 lakh by promising them discounts on high-end phones and cars.
An official told news agency PTI that the accused persons posed as employees of a well-known firm.
According to a police station official in Kamothe, the victims were tricked into making large financial investments with the promise of receiving luxury automobiles and cell phones at a reduced price through corporate coupons within 40 days, the PTI report stated.
The report added that to get the products, the victims invested a total of Rs 6573 lakh between August 2023 and January 2024.
Reportedly, the complainants realised they had been defrauded when the accused did not deliver the goods as promised and began giving evasive responses. Of the five victims, a 34-year-old self-employed woman approached Kamothe police, the PTI report read.
Based on the woman's complaint, the police on Monday filed a case against four accused, including a couple from Mumbai. They have been charged under Sections 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, PTI report stated.
