Maharashtra: Palghar man found dead in car parked on hotel premises

The body of a 52yearold Palghar man was found in a car parked at a hotel in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Saturday police said reported news agency PTIThe deceased was identified as Prabhakar Dhak a resident of Wada area who had gone missing from April 3 reported PTIThe Palghar mans car was found on the premises of Milan Hotel at Mastan Naka near Manor said an official reported PTIHis highly decomposed body was found insideManor police are conducting further probeIn another case a case has been registered against a couple for allegedly cheating a Navi Mumbai resident of Rs 2338 lakh by luring him to invest in a business venture police said on Saturday reported PTIBased on a complaint a case under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code was registered against Pravin Bajirao Kamble and his wife Sheetal Surendra Sontakke who are absconding assistant police inspector Vitthal Pisal said reported PTIKamble allegedly posed as a jailor with the Mumbai Central jail and lured the victim to become a partner in a grocery supply business he said reported PTIThe victim was allegedly coerced to invest Rs 3425 lakh in the venture and he received Rs 105 lakh the official said reported PTIThe accused couple abruptly closed their operations and absconded without paying the complainant the remaining amount and the profits they had promised he saidMeanwhile the police in Maharashtras Thane district have claimed to have detected nearly 12 burglary cases with the arrest of two men an official said on Saturday reported PTIThe arrest of Avinash Dhanaji Shinde and Samsung Ruben Daniel both 25 came during the investigation into a housebreaking incident at Kalyan in February reported PTIUsing CCTV footage technical and other inputs the police first arrested Shinde from the Ambernath area Subsequently his associate Daniel was arrested from Kalyan reported PTIThe duo was involved in about a dozen similar crimes committed in Kalyan and Maharashtras Jalgaon and neighbouring Telangana state the official said citing their interrogationSenior inspector Shailesh Salvi of MFC police station in Kalyan said that cops have recovered stolen goods worth nearly Rs 362 lakh from the duo reported PTIOf the two Daniel is named in nine cases across Maharashtra and Telangana he addedWith inputs from PTI