Man defrauds jeweller of Rs 27.5 lakh with fake cheque, held in Thane

The Thane Police in Maharashtra arrested a man for allegedly defrauding a local jeweller of Rs 275 lakh after gaining his trust with a fraudulent cheque officials said on Sunday reported the PTIThe accused a resident of the Bhayander area befriended the 57yearold jeweller in July through an online real estate marketplace He won the jewellerrsquos confidence by handing over a cheque of Rs 66 lakh as an advance payment for the purchase of a flat according to the PTIAfter securing the victimrsquos trust the man obtained gold jewellery worth Rs 275 lakh from him without making any payment He then issued a stoppayment instruction for the earlier cheque linked to the property deal according to a police official as per the PTIFollowing the jewellerrsquos complaint Bhayander police registered a case against the accused on September 16 under Sections 3184 cheating and 3162 criminal breach of trust of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSTo evade arrest the accused allegedly concealed his identity and frequently moved between Delhi Noida and Mumbai the police said the news agency reportedHe was eventually traced to a hotel in Thane city and was arrested there on November 27 police said adding that the man is a habitual offender with several cheating cases registered against him in Thane and Mumbai some dating back to the year 2000Meanwhile in an another incidentMumbai Policersquos Zone IV team as part of a special fugitive search operation has arrested four longabsconding accused persons involved in serious crimesThe accused had been on the run for periods ranging from 11 to 25 years and were traced to different districts police saidIn the first case Javed Yusuf Sheikh 48 wanted in a RAK Marg police case registered for dacoity robbery and under the Arms Act was rearrested from Thane on the night of November 20 He had earlier been granted bail but failed to appear before court following which a permanent warrant was issued against himThe second arrest was made by Kalachowkie police in a 2014 attempttomurder case The accused Rakesh Amrutlal Pasi who had been absconding for 11 years was arrested in Kolhapur district on WednesdayIn another Kalachowkie case dating back 25 years for assaulting a group of people the accused Vilas Ganpat Ghorpade was traced to Satara district and arrested around midnight on November 18The fourth arrest relates to a 1988 armed robbery case registered at Bhoiwada police station The accused Nafeez Abdul Aziz Sheikh 61 was traced to Ghodegaon in Pune and arrested on Thursday after identity verification Dattaray Thakur senior police inspector Bhoiwada confirmedAll four accused have been produced before the respective courts police said adding that the fugitive search operation under Zone IV will continue to trace more longpending absconderswith PTI inputs