Thane Crime: 46-year-old CA cheated by four persons posing as employees of logistics firm

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A 46-year-old chartered accountant from Thane has allegedly been cheated by four persons who claimed to be associated with a logistics firm. The accused offered the victim help in transporting his car to Odisha.

According to the victim, he purchased a car in 2011, and as he was not using it much here, he wanted to send it to his hometown in Odisha. "He searched online for a logistics companies transporting vehicles, communicated with some persons whose details were mentioned on a website, and made the payment for the transportation of the car," an official from Kasarwadavali police station said.

In his complaint, the CA stated that the car was handed over to the driver of those persons on November 8. "But, later when the victim checked with the driver about the car delivery status, the latter asked him to contact the company persons, who gave evasive replies," the police official said.

According to the victim, later on, the phone numbers of all four persons became unreachable.

"As the car was not delivered at the destination, the man filed a police complaint, based on which offences were registered against the four persons on Friday under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act," the police official said.

"A probe is on into the case," the police said.

More details are awaited.

(with inputs from PTI)