Thane: Three booked for cheating man by mortgaging fake jewellery

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Police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly cheating a jeweller from Kalyan in Maharashtra's Thane district to the tune of Rs 1.90 lakh by mortgaging fake jewellery with him for money, an official told news agency PTI on Saturday.

The incident took place between July 31 and August 5, wherein the accused told the victim that they needed money for making payment to a hospital, he said.

"One of the accused, identified as Shamsuddin Sheikh, was a regular customer of the jeweller. Sheikh brought two persons to his shop and requested the jeweller to provide loan to the duo against their gold jewellery. Accordingly, the jeweller lent money to them," an official of Khadakpada police station told PTI.

The jeweller lent Rs 1.90 lakh to them. But when he checked the jewellery later, he found it to be fake, he said.

The victim then approached the police and lodged a complaint, based on which an offence under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 34 (common intention) was registered against the trio, the official told PTI.

The other two accused are identified as Mahesh Kadam and Kunal Telavne, he said, adding that no arrest has been made so far and a probe is on.

In another incident, an offence has been registered against two agents of a telecom service provider company and a shop owner from Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly stealing data from customers and using it to activate SIM cards, police told PTI on Monday.

Based on a complaint lodged by an official from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) police registered a case under sections 420 (cheating) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code against the trio, an official told PTI.

The Ministry of Telecommunication has under taken a drive to crackdown on shops selling SIM cards based on fake/fabricated documents, police said.

As part of the drive, the ministry obtained details of the shop in Tulinj, which was raided by the ATS team on Friday and a case was registered against the accused.

According to the police, the shop owner from Nala Sopara allegedly connived with two agents of a telecom service provider and fabricated details on 84 SIM cards.

The accused stole data, including Aadhaar card details, from customers who came to his shop and used it to activate these SIM cards, the official told PTI.

(With inputs from PTI)