Navi Mumbai: Three booked for cheating home buyer of Rs 6 lakh

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The Navi Mumbai police have registered an offence against three persons for allegedly cheating a home buyer of Rs 6 lakh, an official said on Sunday, reported news agency PTI.

Based on a complaint, an offence under section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against brothers Ranjit and Bhimrao Lengde and Lal Mohan Mandal at Koparkhairane police station on Saturday, he said, reported PTI.

The complainant has alleged that the trio promised to provide him a flat at a cheaper rate in a project by CIDCO and took Rs 6 lakh from him between June 2021 and October this year, the official said, reported PTI.

The complainant confronted the trio when he did not receive a flat and soon realised that he had been cheated, he said, adding that no arrest has been made in the case so far, reported PTI.

In another case, the Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra have registered a case against eight persons for allegedly cheating a man and his relatives of nearly Rs 65 lakh after persuading them to invest in stocks promising high returns, an official said on Saturday, reported PTI.

The complainant, a resident of Kamothe, told the police that he and his kin were defrauded between 2019 and 2022, the official said, reported PTI.

In his police complaint on Friday, the man said the accused, all from Bandra in Mumbai, persuaded him and his relatives to invest in shares through their firm saying they would ensure high returns. The victims made a total investment of Rs 65.1 lakh, the official said, reported PTI.

However, when the victims asked for the gain on their investment and the principal sums, the accused became unreachable, said the station house officer of Kamothe police station quoting the complaint, reported PTI.

The Kamothe police have registered a cheating case against the eight accused, he said, adding that no arrest has been made yet, reported PTI.

Meanwhile, Police have arrested four persons from Navi Mumbai and seized 29 stolen mobile phones from their possession, an official said on November 9, reported PTI.

With these arrests, the police have detected 17 offences of mobile phone thefts registered in Panvel taluka, Kamothe, Taloja, Panvel town, Khandeshwar, Kalamboli, Kharghar and CBD police station areas in Navi Mumbai, senior police inspector Umesh Gavli said, reported PTI.

After analysing CCTV footage and based on intelligence and technical inputs, the police on Wednesday arrested the four persons, all habitual offenders in the age group of 19 to 24 and hailing from Jalna, Hingoli, Yavatmal and Satara, he said, reported PTI.

The accused were working as masons in Navi Mumbai, the official said, reported PTI.

The police have seized 29 stolen mobiles and a motorbike collectively worth Rs 5.02 lakh from the accused, he added, reported PTI.

(With inputs from PTI)