According to police officials, the complainant, Rahul Gupta, a resident of Malad, was targeted by the fraudsters who allegedly used false identities to gain his trust and extract the money
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A case of alleged fraud has come to light at Dindoshi Police Station in Mumbai, where a gas dealer was reportedly cheated of Rs 1 crore by individuals impersonating senior officers of the Mumbai Police, including the Joint Commissioner of Police.
According to police officials, the complainant, Rahul Gupta, a resident of Malad, was targeted by the fraudsters who allegedly used false identities to gain his trust and extract the money. Gupta was subsequently reported missing, triggering a police search operation.
A shocking case has surfaced at Dindoshi Police Station, Mumbai, where a gas dealer was allegedly duped of ₹1 crore by fraudsters posing as senior Mumbai Police officials, including the Joint Commissioner of Police. The victim, Malad-based Rahul Gupta, was later traced safely… pic.twitter.com/umMiud5Y5k
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He was later traced safely in Palghar district, officials confirmed.
Dindoshi Police have registered a case against four unidentified persons under Sections 308(4), 308(5), 308(6), and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Further investigation into the incident is currently underway, police said.
GST fraud: Four booked for setting up fake firms, claiming Rs 22.06 crore ITC
In another incident, a case has been registered against four persons in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly creating fake GST-registered firms and claiming input tax credit of more than Rs 22.06 crore, police said on Sunday, reported PTI.
Based on a complaint lodged by an official from the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) department, the police in Kalyan on Thursday registered a case against Nikhil Gaikwad, owner of Dynamic Enterprises, Noor Mohammad Vasim Pinjari, Navnath Sukrya Gharat, and an individual identified as Sarfaraj, and a few others, reported PTI.
"Between April and August this year, the accused prepared false documents for a company by submitting this false information to the government and obtained a registration certificate under the GST Act," an official from the MFC police station said, reported PTI.
The accused allegedly created eight fake companies and managed to claim Rs 22.06 crore in ITC, he said.
The accused have been booked under sections 111 (organised crime), 316 (criminal breach of trust), 318 (cheating), and 320 (dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property), alongside relevant provisions of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, but no arrests have been made so far, the official said.
Meanwhile, a man was booked for allegedly posing as a personal assistant of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and husband of a DCP and duping a man of Rs 74 lakh, a police official said on Monday. The Santacruz police station official identified the accused as Vaibhav Paresh Thakkar, reported PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
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