On January 2, the bank manager received a call from a man who identified himself as Naresh Rajput of one Vinayak Builders and said he was interested in placing a Rs 2 crore fixed deposit and sought assistance with an RTGS transfer, the Bhayander police station official informed
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A bank manager in Bhayander in Thane district was cheated of Rs 19.86 lakh by a fraudster posing as a high-profile client, a police official said on Saturday, reported news agency PTI.
On January 2, the bank manager received a call from a man who identified himself as Naresh Rajput of one Vinayak Builders and said he was interested in placing a Rs 2 crore fixed deposit and sought assistance with an RTGS transfer, the Bhayander police station official informed, reported PTI.
"He even sent a fake mail that displayed the letterhead of the construction firm, following which the victim processed an RTGS of Rs 19.86 lakh. The fraud was revealed when the real Naresh Rajput came to the branch seeking details of this transaction. The victim even made the person talk to the accused, who abruptly cut the call," the official said, reported PTI.
An unidentified person has been booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for cheating by personation and other offences, Bhayander police station inspector Jitendra Kamble said.
Woman arrested for presenting fake digital pass on Mumbai AC local train
In another case, a 30-year-old woman was arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) after she allegedly presented a fake digital pass while travelling by an AC local train on Friday morning, an official said, reported PTI.
Preety Gupta, the accused, was asked by chief ticket inspector Deepika Murty to show her pass or ticket when the train was near Khar station, said a GRP official, reported PTI.
Gupta showed a pass booked through the Railway mobile ticketing app UTS, but the Murty grew suspicious and took her to the Bandra GRP office for verification.
It was found that Gupta had not purchased any railway pass since 2023. She allegedly admitted that her friend, Anuj Kishor Gupta, had created a fake digital pass for her, reported PTI.
Gupta was arrested under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including cheating and forgery. Further investigation is underway, the official added.
Man posing as cop steals gold ring from elderly farmer in Beed
Meanwhile, a 66-year-old farmer from Beed was duped of his gold ring worth Rs 25,000 by a man posing as a police personnel, an official said on Friday, reported PTI.
The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, he added.
"Chandrakant Govindrao Tidake (66), a resident of Rui village in Dharur tehsil, was walking from the bus stand towards a bank when he was stopped by a man who claimed he was a police personnel. On the pretext of verification, the accused took Tidake's gold ring worth Rs 25,000. The man fled after placing an old ring in the victim's hand," the official said, reported PTI.
A cheating case has been registered and efforts are on to nab the accused, the Dharur police station official said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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