Thane woman duped of Rs 32 lakh; case filed against real estate agent and wife

The Police have registered a case against a real estate agent and his wife for allegedly cheating a Thanebased woman of Rs 3283 lakh on the pretext of getting her a flat under a government scheme in Mumbai officials said on Tuesday reported news agency PTIThe 32yearold victim is a resident of Mira Road area and her husband works abroadShe claimed the real estate agent and his wife both from Jogeshwari in neighbouring Mumbai assured her of a house at Kandivali in the metropolis under the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority MHADA scheme an official from Kashigaon police station said reported PTIThe duo allegedly took Rs 3283 lakh from her in installments from October 2023 but failed to provide her the promised house he saidWhen she tried to contact them and sought an explanation there was no response from their end following which she approached the police reported PTIBased on her complaint an FIR was registered on Monday against the couple under various Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for cheating criminal breach of trust forgery and criminal conspiracy the police addedFIR against two for misusing property documents of womanIn another case the police have registered an FIR against two individuals for allegedly cheating a 35yearold woman by misusing her documents to execute a purchase and sale agreement at the Worli Registrars office an official said on Monday reported PTIThe fraud involves purchasing a room owned by the woman from a man not known to her and subsequently selling it to an estate developerThe accused are identified as Sarfaraz Peerzade and Viraj Churi reported PTIThe complainant Sabina Sharif Shiekh owns an ancestral property in Wanjewadi MahimOne day Peerzade approached her claiming that the room registered in her fathers name was slated for redevelopment He introduced Churi as someone who could assist her in securing the room under the scheme the police official said reported PTIOn this pretext the accused collected all her property documents Two days later they returned the documents stating that her room was no longer eligible for redevelopment as the government had discontinued the schemeA few days later they approached her again and took her to the Worli Registrars office claiming she would receive Rs 5 lakh under a government initiativeHowever they took her documents once more and asked her to sign papers without disclosing their contents Upon reading them Sabina discovered that a room had been purchased in her name from Kamru Bahuda Jabbar Khan and subsequently sold to Sooraj Estate Developers Limited as per the FIR reported PTIAfter returning home she narrated the incident to her family who advised her to approach the local policeShe lodged a written complaint and based on the evidence Mahim police registered an FIR under relevant sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita BNS for cheating and breach of trust reported PTINo arrests have been made so far and further investigation is underway the official addedWith inputs from PTI