A housekeeping worker from West Bengal has been arrested for allegedly duping a BMC dumper driver, Sanjay Nivruti Shedge, 51, into taking a Rs 5.71 lakh loan in his own name under the pretext of transferring an existing home loan to a private bank for lower EMIs.

In 2023, Shedge availed a home loan of Rs 14.29 lakh from a finance company. The accused, identified as Basudev Satyabhan Patra, 32, acted as the finance agent for the loan. In 2024, Shedge approached Patra for help transferring the loan to a bank with lower EMIs.