Thane: Man cheats septuagenarian woman of Rs 57 lakh on pretext of marriage

The police on Wednesday said that a 73yearold woman from Maharashtras Thane district has been allegedly cheated of more than Rs 57 lakh by a man who promised to marry her reported news agency PTIThe victim a resident of a housing society on Nana Shankarshet Road in Dombivli area got in touch with the 62yearold man through his matrimonial advertisement published in a newspaper Vishnu Nagar police station inspector Vivek Kumutkar said reported PTIAfter gaining the womans confidence the man promised marriage and a peaceful life together in Pune he saidThe man told the victim that he intended to purchase a house in Pune and convinced her to transfer Rs 35 lakh for it He gave her fabricated receipts and fake property documents to assure her the official said reported PTIAfter temporarily living at the womans residence the accused also allegedly stole her gold ornaments valued at around Rs 20 lakh He also allegedly stole her debit card and used it to withdraw Rs 24 lakh according to the police reported PTIAfter duping the woman of her funds last month the accused disappeared and is currently untraceable the official saidBased on the victims complaint the police on Monday registered an FIR against the man under various Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections including 3162 criminal breach of trust 3182 cheating 305 theft in a dwelling house 3362 amp 3363 forgery 338 forgery of valuable security will etc and 3402 using a forged document or electronic record as genuineWe are probing the matter thoroughly and efforts are underway to trace and apprehend the accused the official saidFour booked for duping woman of Rs 4 lakh in Thane districtMeanwhile a case has been registered against four persons in Maharashtras Thane district for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 4 lakh after promising to double her investment in a fortnight police said on Monday reported PTIBased on a complaint the Ambernath police have registered a first information report FIR under sections 3184 cheating and 3162 criminal breach of trust of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS an official saidHe said the complainant has alleged that the accused Ganesh Kadu Rahul Shahu Mohit Jha and Vishal Ashra approached her in September 2024 claiming that they were expecting to receive a large sum of money through hawala but needed Rs 10 lakh upfront to process the deal reported PTIThe official said the accused assured the woman that if she gave them Rs 4 lakh they would return double the amount in 15 daysThe woman handed over the money to the accused but they failed to return it and gave evasive responses when she followed up he saidThe official said no arrests have been made and a probe has been initiatedWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params