Thane: Case against 10 persons for cheating businessman of Rs 10.03 cr

The Thane police have registered a case against 10 persons for allegedly cheating a businessman to the tune of Rs 1003 crore an official told news agency PTI on TuesdayThe accused allegedly lured businessman Nilesh Sambare who runs the Jijau social organisation and is the founder of a construction company and his firm to purchase a land at Vadhavan in Palghar district where a port is coming up as per the FIR reported PTIThe accused also assured the businessman of a partnership in a renowned business firm and allegedly took money from him the FIR saidThe Naupada police registered a case on August 10 against the accused under relevant provisions an official told PTI adding no arrest has been made so far in this connectionMeanwhile A 38yearold historysheeter has been arrested from Mumbai for allegedly selling cars without the knowledge of their legal owners after hiring them on rent a Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar MBVV police official told PTI on MondayPolice seized six cars of different makes worth Rs 4250 lakh from the accused identified as Vishal Chalke a senior crime branch inspector told PTIWith the recovery of cars police claim to have cracked cases registered in Mira Road and Kasarvedavli areas in Thane Virar in Palghar and Dindoshi in Mumbai he saidChalke used to hire cars from owners and sell them at a lower price the officer said adding that the police launched the investigation after a complaint was lodged at Mira Road police station in ThaneAt least 2530 cases of cheating the owners of cars are pending against Chalke in Mumbai Thane and Navi MumbaiIn another case an offence has been registered against five persons associated with a real estate firm for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 5 crore in a land deal in Maharashtras Thane district police told PTI on SaturdayThe Naupada police on August 9 registered a case against five persons including a couple and their daughter who own the firm under sections 406 criminal breach of trust 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code the official told PTIThe fraud took place between January 2014 and August 2023 when the complainant who is a driver approached the firm to sell his ancestral land he saidThe accused sold the land and had to pay the complainant Rs 502 crore as proceeds from the sale However instead of paying their client the accused allegedly diverted the money to their accounts and misappropriated it the official told PTIWith inputs from PTI