Man booked for cheating job aspirants of Rs 8 lakh in Thane district

The police on Saturday said that a case has been registered against a man for allegedly cheating job aspirants of Rs 8 lakh in Maharashtra`s Thane district, reported news agency PTI.

The accused, Amar Kachru Bagul, allegedly cheated people with a promise of jobs in the Railways and education department between September 2018 and April this year, an official said, reported PTI.

He took Rs 6 lakh and Rs 2 lakh from the victims, who are residents of Ambernath, he said.

The victims approached the police when they did not get jobs or their money back, the official said, adding that further probe is underway.

Five held from Kerala over Rs 30 lakh robbery in Thane

Thane, Apr 18 (PTI) Five persons have been arrested from Kerala in connection with a robbery of Rs 30 lakh in Maharashtra`s Thane city, police have said, reported PTI.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Amarsingh Jadhav told mediapersons on Thursday that the crime was committed on February 21, reported PTI.

An employee of a Mumbai-based private firm was accosted by four men at a parking lot near the Thane railway station. The gang snatched a bag containing Rs 30 lakh from the victim, who approached the police, he said.

After working on several inputs, including CCTV footage, the Thane police recently arrested five persons from Kerala and recovered Rs 7.5 lakh cash and two iPhones worth Rs 3 lakh, purchased using the robbed money, he said.

“The five have been identified as Vignesh Poken K (31) and Suhat Moinuddin Khoya TP (31) from Calicut, Prabuldev Premkumar Pullivata (25) and Akil Krishna PV (27) from Coonoor, and Subilesh K Balakrishnan (32) from Kozhikode,” the official said, reported PTI.

They have been remanded in police custody till April 19, he added.

Tamil Nadu man promises egg exports, cheats Thane businessman of Rs 32.5 lakh

A businessman from Dombivali was duped of Rs 32.5 lakh allegedly by a Tamil Nadu resident, a police official said on Friday.

The accused from Prakash Nagar in Tiruchirappalli promised to export eggs to Dubai on behalf of the businessman but vanished with money after selling the consignment domestically, Manpada police station senior inspector Vijay Kadbane said, reported PTI.

“The victim had transferred Rs 32.5 lakh to facilitate this export, but he was duped. No arrest has been made in the case,” he added. 

(With inputs from PTI)