Thane jeweller duped of Rs 70 lakh; three booked for cheating and intimidation

Police have registered a case against a couple and another person for allegedly cheating a jeweller in Maharashtras Thane district of Rs 70 lakh officials said on Monday reported news agency PTIThe accused gained the trust of the jeweller from Golawli in Dombivli by making timely payments on earlier purchasesHowever in October they bought gold ornaments collectively valued at nearly Rs 70 lakh on three occasions an official from Manpada police station said reported PTIThe accused promised to clear the dues later but did not make the payment Upon further insistence they abused and threatened the jeweller the police said reported PTIFollowing the jewellers complaint the police on December 5 registered a case against the three accused under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 3184 cheating 314 dishonest misappropriation of property 352 intentional insult 3512 criminal intimidation and 35 common intention the official saidBEST conductor duped of Rs 45 lakh with promise of CRPF jobIn another case a 36yearold conductor with the civicrun BEST bus service was allegedly cheated of Rs 45 lakh by three men who promised to get him a job with the Central Reserve Police Force CRPF police said on Saturday reported PTIA First Information Report FIR was registered against Sarfaraz Salmani Nilesh Sarode and Yogesh Kumar Shukla on Friday on a complaint filed by Mahesh Devkar a resident of Navi Mumbai said an official of Chunabhatti police station reported PTINo arrest has been made in the case yetIn 2022 a friend introduced him to Sarode who claimed to have contacts that could help him secure a government job Devkar said in the complaint reported PTISoon he was told that there vacancies of havildars post in CRPF he saidSarode introduced him to Salmani who claimed he handled government job processing and allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh as fee reported PTIA few days later Salmani called Devkar to Delhi for a medical examination at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where he was introduced to Yogesh Kumar reported PTIThe trio then allegedly handed over a fake CRPF appointment letter to him and demanded another Rs 3 lakh Under pressure Devkar paid another Rs 35 lakh in instalments He was also issued a bogus training letter reported PTIBut when he stopped receiving updates he tried contacting the accused who did not respond When he demanded a refund he was given a cheque of Rs 50000 which bounced Devkar then found out that all the documents including appointment and training letters were fake and lodged a police complaint reported PTIAn FIR was registered against Salmani Nilesh Sarode and Yogesh Kumar Shukla for cheating and forgery and further investigation was underway the official addedWith inputs from PTI