Navi Mumbai man cheated of Rs 20.22 lakh after being lured with online job offer

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A 29-year-old man from Navi Mumbai has allegedly been cheated of Rs 20.22 lakh after being lured by fraudsters with an online job offer promising lucrative returns, police said on Sunday.

The Navi Mumbai cyber police have registered an FIR in this connection against four persons, they said.

The accused contacted the victim, hailing from Ghansoli in Navi Mumbai, between October 5 and 10 through a Telegram ID and WhatsApp and offered him a pre-paid online task promising lucrative returns. They also asked him to make payments in certain accounts, a cyber cell official said quoting the complaint.

The victim did the job and also made payments worth Rs 20,22,444. After completing the task, when he sought a refund of the amount paid and also returns for the work completed by him, the accused gave evasive replies, the police said.

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The victim lodged a complaint, based on which the cyber police on Saturday registered a case against four persons under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) as well as provisions of the Information Technology Act, the official said.

Restaurant manager, 3 others in Navi Mumbai booked for violation of norms

In a separate incident, Police has registered offences against the manager and three other persons working at a restaurant in Navi Mumbai for violating norms after some female singers there were found allegedly indulging in obscene acts, an official said on Sunday.

A police team conducted a raid at the restaurant-cum-bar located on Palm Beach road in Vashi area at around 1 am on Saturday and found violation of norms at the establishment, the official from APMC police station said.

Offences were registered against the restaurant manager, a waiter and two stewards under Indian Penal Code sections 294 (obscene acts and songs in public place) and 34 (common intention) and provisions of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity of Women (working therein) Act, the official said.

The police also issued a warning to four female singers who were found indulging in obscene acts at the establishment, he added. (PTI)