Mumbai: History-sheeter held for extorting Rs 48 lakh from woman

The Mumbai police have arrested a historysheeter who allegedly threatened and extorted Rs 48 lakh from a woman by posing as a relative of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim an official said on Tuesday reported news agency PTIThe accused Imran Mohammed Hanif Khan alias Imran Kalia has six serious cases to his name the official said reported PTIThe antiextortion cell of the crime branch arrested the accused from his home on Monday evening he said reported PTIA woman from south Mumbai lodged a complaint against Khan alleging that he had cheated threatened and extorted money from her the official saidKhan posed as a relative of Dawood Ibrahim and lured her to invest in gold he said reported PTIThe complainant woman sold her flat for Rs 48 lakh and gave Rs 32 lakh to Khan who started demanding more money from her and threatened her the official said reported PTIThe accused allegedly extorted Rs 16 lakh more from the woman he saidKhan has been remanded in police custody and further probe is underway in the case the official said reported PTIIn another case two persons including a hotel waiter have been arrested in Navi Mumbai for allegedly cheating people of more than Rs 370 crore on the pretext of online share market investment police said on Monday reported PTIThe duo Salman Nizamuddin Khan 35 a hotel waiter and Prakash Karamsi Bhanushali 39 both from Navi Mumbai was also involved in another case of fraud said senior inspector Gajanan Kadam of the cyber police in an official release reported PTIThe police with the help of banks have frozen Rs 4600000 of illgotten money which was deposited in different accounts by the accused said the releaseBetween February 17 and April 24 2024 the accused lured investors into share trading by promising them lucrative returns They cheated the victims to the tune of Rs 37006000 during the period said the police reported PTIAn FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by some of the victims against unidentified persons with the cyber police under relevant sections of the IPC and the IT Act said senior inspector Kadam reported PTIDuring their probe the police got a tipoff that two men involved in the crime were coming to a cooperative banks branch in Turbhe for opening an account They laid a trap at the bank and nabbed the duo on May 31 said the release reported PTIAfter their interrogation the police came to know that hotel waiter Khan and his accomplice Bhanushali were also involved in cheating people in need of urgent money reported PTIThe duo would promise to arrange money by convincing unsuspecting individuals to submit documents required for opening a bank account They would then use these documents to obtain SIM cards on their name and also get Gumasta and Udyam certificates which are needed for setting up businesses and ventures said the police reported PTIThe duo opened fictitious current accounts under names of different companies and forwarded the bank account details of victims to their associates in Dubai in return of good money said the releaseThe arrested men were also involved in crimes in other states like Telangana Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh it saidWith inputs from PTI