Man cheated of Rs 60,000 on pretext of foreign currency exchange; 7 held

The Navi Mumbai police have arrested seven persons for allegedly cheating a 37yearold man of Rs 60000 on the pretext of providing foreign currency exchange an official said on Wednesday reported news agency PTIThe incident took place on February 23 in Vashi area of Maharashtras Navi Mumbai townshipThe accused called the victim a mobile repair shop owner from Kurla in neighbouring Mumbai near a lodge in Vashi and offered him US dollars in exchange of the Indian currency assistant police inspector Pawan Nandre said reported PTIThe victim allegedly paid them Rs 60000 but they did not provide him the foreign currency in exchange he saidFollowing the victims complaint the police arrested seven persons for cheating the man on pretext of foreign currency exchange hailing from Jharkhand on February 24 and booked them under Indian Penal Code sections 420 cheating and 34 common intention the official said reported PTIEfforts were on to nab two more persons involved in the offence he saidAlso Read Thieves break into Navi Mumbai temple take away Rs 20000 from donation boxIn another case the Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against two persons for allegedly cheating a Solapurbased businessman of Rs 1 crore an official said on Tuesday reported PTIBased on a complaint lodged by the businessman a case under sections 420 cheating and 406 criminal breach of trust of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Vashi police station senior inspector Madhukar Bate said reported PTIThe accused Manish Shinde a resident of Baramati and Gurupreet Singh allegedly lured the victim to invest in some companies dealing in pipes in Mumbai and earn good returns within a couple of days he said reported PTIThe businessman allegedly collected money from local farmers put in his own money and handed over Rs 1 crore to the accused between February 16 and 26 However the accused started giving him evasive replies when he sought returns on his investment the official saidMeanwhile a 38yearold man has been arrested on charges of sodomising an eightyearold boy in Navi Mumbai police said on Monday reported PTIAn officer of the Khandeshwar police station said a case under relevant sections of the IPC like 377 unnatural offences and 506 2 criminal intimidation and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act POCSO Act was registered against the accused identified as Sanaull Hakim Sheikh a resident of Masjid Bunder in Mumbai reported PTIWith inputs from PTI