The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-family-wanted-for-filing-fake-rape-case-23252242" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Amboli</a> police are on the lookout for three people who allegedly cheated a 72-year-old man of Rs 10.10 lakh on the pretext of treating his legs by removing white blood cells from his body.
According to police sources, the complainant is a resident of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/photo/in-photos-bjp-sena-candidates-file-nominations-know-why-is-andheri-bypoll-important-for-both-parties-94186/3" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Andheri</a> West and had leg problems for years, which made walking difficult.
In October, he found a person who, seeing the complainant&rsquo;s struggles, told him that he knew a doctor who could provide a remedy and claimed that a relative who had the same problem was successfully treated by the medico.
Stating that the doctor visits patients&rsquo; homes, the person called him up and made the complainant talk to him. Sometime after the complainant agreed to be treated, two persons arrived at his house.
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After doing a check-up, the so-called doctor claimed that the complainant&rsquo;s ailment was caused by his &lsquo;high white blood cell count&rsquo;.
Stating that some cells must be removed, they made an incision in the complainant&rsquo;s leg and extracted blood before leaving with the money, said an officer from the Amboli police station.
A month later, when he realized that his condition had not improved, &nbsp;the senior citizen lodged a complaint at the Amboli police station on Sunday. &ldquo;We have registered an FIR against three accused Sameer Mehta, R Thanawala and Imran Khan, under Sections 420, 417, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code,&rdquo; said the officer.
Considering the modus operandi of the accused, the trio could be habitual offenders and may have cheated others in a similar manner, said another officer.&nbsp;
3 No. of IPC sections under which accused have been booked&nbsp;
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One posed as doc to extract his ‘extra white blood cells’

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