Businessman creates NCP leader's fake WhatsApp account, seeks money; held

A Mumbai based businessman was held for allegedly creating a fake WhatsApp account using the name and photo of the Ajit Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader Praful Patel and sought money from some people abroad a police officials said on Friday reported the PTIHe also allegedly sought money from the members of Qatars royal family the officials saidThe businessman who was identified as Rahul Kant a resident of Juhu in Mumbai suburb had obtained the NCP leaders mobile phone number from a paid application an official said as per the PTIHe has been detained by the Maharashtra Cyber police an official saidAccording to the PTI Rahul Kant used Praful Patels name and photo as DP to create a fake WhatsApp account of the latter and then started demanding moneyHe targeted people based abroad and they included members of Qatars royal family he saidThe incident came to light on July 23 when an aide of Praful Patel Vivek Agnihotri approached Maharashtra Cyber officials with a complaint against an unidentified person seeking money the official saidA case was registered and probe launched during which cyber unit officials tracked down the man in Juhu and detained him following interrogation he saidThe businessman was facing financial problems and hence used this modus operandi to make quick money the official added the news agency reported on FridayThane woman held for using forged papers to get Pakistani visaMeanwhile in an another incident The Thane Police in Maharashtra arrested a 24yearold woman for allegedly forging documents to secure a Pakistani visa and visit the neighbouring country an official said on Friday reported the PTISanam Khan also known as Nagma Noor Maqsood was arrested by the Vartak Nagar police on Thursday after three days of questioning he saidShe was produced in a court which remanded her in police custody for two days the official saidAccording to the police Khan used a fake identity under the name of Sanam Khan Rukh to obtain her Pakistani visa She is accused of getting Aadhaar and PAN cards made with fake papers as per the PTIKhan who is separated from her husband lives with her mother in ThaneShe reportedly befriended a man from Pakistan on social media after which she tried to get a visa to meet him but was initially unsuccessful due to iquestlack of marriage documentation an official had said earlier as per the PTIThe woman later married the man virtually from India obtained necessary documents and travelled to Pakistan where they married again Thane police launched a probe after discovering these details he said the news agency reportedwith PTI inputs