Thane: Man booked for defrauding businessman of Rs 20 lakh

Police have registered a case against a man in Maharashtras Thane for allegedly defrauding a 69yearold businessman for almost Rs 20 lakh in the supply of machines and rides for children in the game zone an official said on Saturday reported PTIThe offense was committed between November 2022 and 2024 he saidThe official of the Naupada police station said the complaint was lodged by the businessman Veerdhaval Ghag The police reportedly registered the case on Thursday against the accused based on the complaint under Indian Penal Code IPC sections 420 cheating and 406 criminal breach of trust reported PTIThe complainant had placed an order for some machines worth Rs 22 lakh for the childrens game zone But as per the complaint the material supplied by the accused was used and not new he told PTIThai Woman operating a sex racket in ThaneAn official on Saturday said that the police have arrested a woman from Thailand for allegedly running a sex racket in Thane Maharashtra reported the news agency PTIThe official said that the arrest was made after they conducted a raid at a hotel on Friday night during which the police also rescued three women from Thailand reported PTIBased on a tipoff that a Thai woman was operating a prostitution racket and pushing women from her country into sex rackets in Thane a team of the AntiHuman Trafficking Cell AHTC of the police raided a hotel and nabbed her DCP Shivraj Patil of the Crime Branch told PTIThe three Thai women who were rescued during the operation were later sent to the Rescue Foundation at Poisar in Mumbais Borivali he saidThe police have registered a case against the arrested Thai woman under sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC and the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act the official told PTIAn official said on Monday that police have busted a flesh trade racket at a lodge in Maharashtras Thane district and arrested two persons in this connection reported news agency PTIThe official from Central Police Station said based on a tip a police team raided the lodge in Ulhasnagar township on Saturday and rescued a woman from there reported PTIThe manager of the lodge and a waiter were arrested while a search was on for the establishments owner he saidAn FIR was registered against the three persons under Indian Penal Code sections 370 trafficking of persons and 34 acts done by several persons in furtherance of a common intention and provisions of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act he said