Thane: Case against 10 persons for cheating businessman of Rs 10.03 cr

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The Thane police have registered a case against 10 persons for allegedly cheating a businessman to the tune of Rs 10.03 crore, an official told news agency PTI on Tuesday.

The accused allegedly lured businessman Nilesh Sambare, who runs the Jijau social organisation and is the founder of a construction company, and his firm to purchase a land at Vadhavan in Palghar district, where a port is coming up, as per the FIR, reported PTI.

The accused also assured the businessman of a partnership in a renowned business firm and allegedly took money from him, the FIR said.

The Naupada police registered a case on August 10 against the accused under relevant provisions, an official told PTI, adding no arrest has been made so far in this connection.

Meanwhile, A 38-year-old history-sheeter has been arrested from Mumbai for allegedly selling cars without the knowledge of their legal owners after hiring them on rent, a Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police official told PTI on Monday.

Police seized six cars of different makes worth Rs 42.50 lakh from the accused, identified as Vishal Chalke, a senior crime branch inspector told PTI.

With the recovery of cars, police claim to have cracked cases registered in Mira Road and Kasarvedavli areas in Thane, Virar in Palghar and Dindoshi in Mumbai), he said.

"Chalke used to hire cars from owners and sell them at a lower price," the officer said, adding that the police launched the investigation after a complaint was lodged at Mira Road police station in Thane.

At least 25-30 cases of cheating the owners of cars are pending against Chalke in Mumbai, Thane, and Navi Mumbai.

In another case, an offence has been registered against five persons associated with a real estate firm for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 5 crore in a land deal in Maharashtra's Thane district, police told PTI on Saturday.

The Naupada police on August 9 registered a case against five persons, including a couple and their daughter who own the firm, under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the official told PTI.

The fraud took place between January 2014 and August 2023, when the complainant, who is a driver, approached the firm to sell his ancestral land, he said.

The accused sold the land and had to pay the complainant Rs 5.02 crore as proceeds from the sale. However, instead of paying their client, the accused allegedly diverted the money to their accounts and misappropriated it, the official told PTI.

(With inputs from PTI)