The Thane Police in Maharashtra have registered an offence against a builder for allegedly forging documents and cheating a man over flat allotment, the police told the PTI on Sunday.

A case under sections 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act has been registered against the builder, senior inspector Uttam Sonawane said, reported the PTI.