A fruit vendor was allegedly duped by two individuals, who gave him a fake cheque after purchasing 40 dozen mangoes that they claimed were to be distributed to the poor at various temples. The Kandivali police have registered a case and launched an investigation.

According to the complaint, Mohammed Nazrul Islam, 27, a native of Jharkhand who runs a mango shop on Mathuradas Road, Kandivli West, was approached by two men—one aged 70-75 years and the other around 30-35 years—at his shop in the first week of April. They arrived in a car, and the younger man introduced himself as the manager of the elderly man.