Police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly duping a couple in Maharashtra's Thane district of Rs 80 lakh by promising to get authorisation to open franchisees of a payments bank, officials said on Saturday, reported PTI.

The incident occurred between August 2022 and April 2023, and an FIR in this connection was registered on Thursday, the officials said while sharing an update on the Thane crime, reported PTI.