Thirteen policemen from Navi Mumbai have been cheated by a man on the pretext of getting them a CIDCO plot for a housing society. The accused allegedly siphoned off Rs 1.5 crore from the society’s account that was opened in the name of the chief promoter. The police suspect the man might have duped many more people. They have registered a case against 6 people, including the manager of a private bank.

In his complaint, constable Satish Misal told the police that the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) had in 2017 announced a lottery for plots at cheaper rates to build housing societies. Misal said he had come across one Sachin Pawar during his posting at Kharghar police station and the latter claimed he had contacts in CIDCO and that he could get housing plots through ‘setting’. Misal agreed to invest.