Three booked for cheating Navi Mumbai woman of Rs 18 lakh

Police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly cheating a 50yearold Navi Mumbai woman of Rs 18 lakh by promising jobs to her son and soninlaw in a stateowned company an official said on Sunday reported news agency PTIThe victim had got to know about the accused through one of her acquaintancesTo gain the confidence of the Navi Mumbai woman and her kin one of the accused showed them an ID card purportedly belonging to the company and claimed he worked there the official from Rabale police station said reported PTIThe accused also presented fabricated appointment letters to the victims the police saidThe three accused allegedly took Rs 20 lakh from the Navi Mumbai woman a resident of Airoli area since September 2021 reported PTIBut when the promised jobs did not materialise the accused returned Rs 2 lakh to her and later gave evasive replies regarding the remaining amount the official said reported PTIFollowing a complaint by the woman the police on Saturday registered a case against the three accused two from Pune and one from Ratnagiri under Indian Penal Code sections 420 cheating 406 criminal breach of trust 170 impersonating a public servant 506 criminal intimidation and common intention he saidIn another case a 37yearold man from Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra has allegedly lost Rs 1013 lakh after being lured with the promise of high returns for some online tasks police said on Sunday reported PTIThe cyber police station in Navi Mumbai has registered a case against four persons in this connection they said reported PTIThe accused contacted the victim a resident of Old Panvel area between January 16 and 27 and offered him to undertake some online prepaid tasks reported PTIThey forwarded him certain links assigned the tasks and promised lucrative returns Subsequently the victim made payments totalling Rs 1013005 into the bank accounts and through UPI IDs as instructed an official from cyber police station said reported PTIHowever after completing the tasks the victim neither received the promised returns nor his money was refunded When he asked the accused for payment they gave evasive responses reported PTIThe victim then filed a police complaint based on which a case was on Wednesday registered against four persons under sections 419 cheating by personation 420 cheating and 34 common intention of the Indian Penal Code the official saidWith inputs from PTI