The accused had been absconding for the past few months after duping several people of an amount roughly totalling up to Rs 7 lakh.u00a0According to the police officials, the accused, identified as Ashok Murli Soni, owned a shop named Balaji Jewellers at Tulshedpada in Bhandup. An officer from Bhandup police station said, “Soni has been running a shop called Balaji for the last five years, but after cheating so many people, he escaped to Gujarat. After that an FIR was registered against the absconder.”

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