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Man cheated of Rs 60,000 on pretext of foreign currency exchange; 7 held

Man cheated of Rs 60,000 on pretext of foreign currency exchange; 7 held

The incident took place on February 23 in Vashi area of Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai township

28 February,2024 11:53 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai: 35-yr-old woman duped by fraudster under pretext of investing in an NGO

Mumbai: 35-yr-old woman duped by fraudster under pretext of investing in an NGO

The 35-year-old victim, Pallavi Khare, a poet by profession, is a resident of Bangalore

24 February,2024 02:04 PM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
Maharashtra: 2 men rob Amravati house on pretext of census

Maharashtra: 2 men rob Amravati house on pretext of census

On Tuesday, two unidentified men broke into a house in Amravati and stole cash and valuables worth Rs 5 lakh while posing as census surveyors

31 January,2024 12:37 PM IST | Amravati | mid-day online correspondent
Panvel woman accuses man of sexual assault, extortion on marriage pretext

Panvel woman accuses man of sexual assault, extortion on marriage pretext

The accused also allegedly recorded explicit videos of the woman and threatened to make them public if she refused to maintain a physical relationship with him

17 January,2024 11:53 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Cops arrest masterminds who sold women for marriage on pretext of acting gigs

Cops arrest masterminds who sold women for marriage on pretext of acting gigs

Nine months after 21-year-old woman was rescued from Madhya Pradesh, Dharavi cops nab mastermind couple

17 January,2024 04:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Man held for deceiving Mulund resident on pretext of selling phone online

Man held for deceiving Mulund resident on pretext of selling phone online

A 29-year-old man was held by the Mulund Police in Mumbai for deceiving a victim under the pretext of selling a phone, the police said

13 January,2024 09:31 PM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
Police say money sent from Pak on pretext of shawl biz to finance terror acts

Police say money sent from Pak on pretext of shawl biz to finance terror acts

Matoo, 32, revealed in police interrogations that Mohammad Rafi Najar of Sopore is his associate, and serves as a financier for Hizbul Mujahideen's network & activities in J&K.

13 January,2024 07:25 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
'Release of water into Jayakwadi dam stopped on pretext of Maratha quota stir'

'Release of water into Jayakwadi dam stopped on pretext of Maratha quota stir'

Chavan also posted a letter, purportedly written by an executive engineer of the Marathwada Irrigation Development Corporation to the state Water Resources Department, on social media

24 November,2023 09:14 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Thane: 42-year-old man cheated of Rs 21.59 lakh on pretext of insurance policy

Thane: 42-year-old man cheated of Rs 21.59 lakh on pretext of insurance policy

A 42-year-old man from Panvel has allegedly been cheated of Rs 21.59 lakh by a few individuals under the pretext of getting him an insurance policy from a private company

30 October,2023 10:35 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Seven people charged for cheating man under pretext of aiding medical admissions

Seven people charged for cheating man under pretext of aiding medical admissions

Chembur cops have booked seven people for allegedly defrauding a man of Rs 11.47 lakh on the pretext of securing a medical seat at the BMC-run Sion hospital through the management quota

18 October,2023 12:28 PM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble

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