The police in Maharashtra's 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.