The Mahim police have traced the couple who cheated people on the pretext of offering them flats for cheaper rates. The police arrested Suresh Dattaram Pawar while his wife has secured anticipatory bail from the Bombay High Court. They said the Pawars took in all about Rs 2 crore from people.

In the month of November, a total of 16 people had lodged a complaint at the Mahim police station accusing Pawar and his wife of duping them of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of getting them houses at cheaper rates. mid-day had reported this, Couple cheats homebuyers of R2 crore by offering cheap MMRDA flats, on November 24.