Woman allegedly duped by late husband's friend; Navi Mumbai cops register case

A woman from Bangalore has accused her late husbands friend a Maharashtras Navi Mumbai resident of fraudulently withdrawing Rs 30 lakh from his account a police official said on Saturday reported the PTIThe 56yearold woman told the police that she had moved from Navi Mumbai to the Karnataka capital due to her husbands excessive dependence on alcohol She said her husband earlier held a senior post in a public sector oil marketing company and took voluntary retirement in 2020Accused Amit Sudhir Singh managed her estranged husbands daily affairs the woman said in her police complaintCiting the FIR the official said Singh informed the woman in November 2023 that her husband was seriously ill and hospitalised Within a few days her husband died Singh was allegedly evasive when the woman asked for her husbands phones as per the PTIAccording to the PTI the woman alleged that when she went to her husbands bank she found Singh had withdrawn Rs 30 lakh from his account within hours of his death She claimed that Singh had been carrying out transactions for her husband and had his bank details the official saidShe did not provide any reason for approaching the police so late the official saidBased on her complaint the police on Thursday registered a case against Singh under Indian Penal Code sections 404 dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death and 420 cheating said an official from the Kharghar police stationMan loses Rs 46 lakh in investment fraud five booked in Maharashtras RaigadMeanwhile in an another incident the police have registered a case against five unidentified persons for allegedly cheating a man from Kharghar in Maharashtras Raigad district to the tune of over Rs 46 lakh by promising high returns on investment an official said on Saturday reported the PTIAccording to the PTI based on a complaint lodged by the 34yearold victim the police on Thursday registered an FIR against the five accused under Indian Penal Code IPC sections 406 criminal breach of trust 420 cheating 419 cheating by personation read with 34 common intention as well as relevant sections of the IT Act a Kharghar police station official saidThe police said that the victim works in a company at Bandra Kurla Complex BKC in Mumbai was contacted by the accused who are identified only by their mobile numbers between February 2024 and April 2024The accused lured him to participate in online trading assuring good returns They provided him with WhatsApp groups and various links on the promise of helping him with investments and trading During this period with the assistance of the fraudsters the victim spent Rs 4623 lakh in investments and trading After a few days when the victim checked his account he saw that he had earned good returns as per the PTIHowever his attempt to withdraw the investment and earnings failed after which he contacted the fraudsters who did not respond Realising that he had been cheated the victim lodged the complaint the official said adding the probe into the crime was underwaywith inputs from PTI