Thane: Five booked for abducting and robbing doctor of Rs 2 lakh

A 35yearold doctor of a civic hospital was allegedly abducted by five persons who posed as policemen held him captive and robbed him of Rs 2 lakh in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Saturday reported news agency PTIThe Kalwa police on Thursday registered a case under sections 1402 kidnapping or abducting to murder or for ransom etc 3094 robbery and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for the incident that took place last week an official saidAccording to the police the accused including a man known to the doctor abducted him from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa around 9 am on November 8 reported PTIOne of the accused Irfan Azgar Ali arrived with four others who posed as policemen They forced the doctor into a vehicle took him to Nashik where they threatened to implicate him in a fake currency case The accused took away Rs 2 lakh that the victim had with him and demanded Rs 12 lakh from him the official said reported PTIThe doctor managed to escape captivity by evening and returned to his house in Vartak Nagar after which he submitted a written complaint he saidThe official said that the police were probing the case and no arrests had been made so far12 booked for illegally selling govt land earmarked for cemetery in BhiwandiMeanwhile a case has been registered against 12 persons for allegedly selling and purchasing government land earmarked for a cemetery in Maharashtras Thane district 49 years ago police said on Saturday reported PTIThe police on Friday registered a case under section 420 cheating of the Indian Penal Code based on a complaint lodged by a revenue official following an investigation into the fraud that took place in April 1976 an official saidA senior officer from the Shanti Nagar police station said The accused allegedly connived to sell and purchase a piece of government land in the Gouripada area of Bhiwandi despite knowing that it was earmarked for a cemetery They also carried out registrations in government offices thereby cheating the government reported PTIA detailed probe is underway and no arrests have been made so far he addedNavi Mumbai businessman duped of Rs 35 lakh in fake cryptocurrency dealIn another case a 29yearold businessman from Navi Mumbai was allegedly duped of Rs 35 lakh by four persons on the pretext of selling him cryptocurrency police said on Saturday reported PTIThe incident occurred on Wednesday in Turbhe MIDC where two of the accused identified as Vishal and Kabir called the complainant to collect crypto tokens from them an official said reported PTIWhen the complainant reached the location two unidentified persons dressed in police uniforms arrived in a car forcibly checked the packet containing Rs 35 lakh and snatched it away All four accused fled the spot he said reported PTIA first information report has been registered under sections 3184 cheating 204 personating a public servant and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and a probe is underway the official saidWith inputs from PTI