08 September,2023 05:56 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against a couple for allegedly cheating a businessman.
According to police, the businessman was cheated of nearly Rs 3 crore. The couple lured him with high returns on investment.
The accused couple has been identified as Akansha Charit Mehta and Charit Mehta.
The APMC police station said the complainant was allegedly duped by the couple between 2019 and 2021.
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"The couple allegedly persuaded the complainant to invest Rs 2.89 crore in a travel business promising him handsome returns. They signed an agreement with him claiming that they had entered into partnerships with foreign travel agencies," the police official said quoting the complaint.
The businessman, who resides in Ghansoli, began following up with the Mumbai-based couple after he did not receive any returns on his investment.
"The businessman realised he had been cheated when the couple started giving him evasive replies," the official said.
On Thursday, the Navi Mumbai police registered a case of cheating against the couple.
Meanwhile, a minor crude oil spill was reported at the seashore near Uran's Pirwadi beach in Navi Mumbai.
The spill was reported around 05.45 am on Friday. The Oil Spill Response (OSR) team of ONGC Uran rushed to the spot, they said, adding that the root cause was detected and the spill stopped.
"Corrective measures were taken and the spill was arrested immediately," they said.
According to PTI report, the undersea pipelines bring crude oil from state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) fields in the Arabian Sea to Uran before it is transferred to refineries for processing into fuels like petrol and diesel. The pipeline had spills in the past, too, the last major one being in 2013.
Sources told PTI that government authorities have been briefed by ONGC management about the incident.
(with inputs from PTI)
