Maharashtra: Two godown owners booked for misappropriation of goods worth Rs 4.5 crore in Thane

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The Thane Police in Maharashtra booked two godown owners for allegedly misappropriating goods worth nearly Rs 4.5 crore stocked in their units in Thane district, an official said on Saturday, reported the PTI.

According to the police, the complainants told the police that they import and sell synthetic rubber woods and store the goods in the godowns of father-son duo. They alleged that their goods worth nearly Rs 4.5 crore were misappropriated from the godowns in Bhiwandi between July 2023 and January 2024.

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Based on their complaints, the Narpoli police on Friday registered two FIRs against the godown owners, the official added, as per the PTI.

In an another incident, three persons were arrested in Bhiwandi in Thane district for allegedly taking Rs 4.50 lakh from a tea-seller after promising to cure him of evil spirits, a police official said on Saturday, the news agency reported.

The money was taken over a period of one year starting from January 2023 to perform various rituals at the 60-year-old victim's house in Kamathnagar, the Bhiwandi Town police station official added.

Siblings Vicky Rathod (21) and Roshan Rathod (28), both from Kalyan, and Karan Gosavi (29) from Bhiwandi were arrested under provisions of The Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil, and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013 and Indian Penal Code, he said, the PTI reported on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the police in Thane district have registered a case against three persons for allegedly cheating a Thane cloth merchant of nearly Rs 41 lakh on the pretext of helping him set up a petrol pump, an official said on Friday, reported news agency PTI.

The trio, identified as Varun Jaiswal, Manoj Sharma, and Amit, first got in touch with the 23-year-old complainant from Bhiwandi in December 2022 with a proposal for a petrol pump, reported PTI.

Since then, they allegedly made the complainant shell out a total of Rs 41.49 lakh on the pretext of security deposit, licensing fee and funds for machinery for the fuel station, the official said, reported PTI.

However, the accused did not initiate any process for obtaining the necessary permits despite follow-ups, the complainant told the police, reported PTI.

The Thane cloth merchant approached the police with a complaint against the accused on Wednesday after which a case was registered against them under Indian Penal Code section 420 (cheating) and 465 (forgery), said the station house officer of the Bhiwandi town police station, reported PTI.

(with PTI inputs)