Police have registered a case against the director of an educational consultancy and his three associates for allegedly cheating a Thane resident of Rs 15.39 lakh under the pretext of facilitating his son's medical education in Russia, an official said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI.

The victim, a resident of Dombivli in Maharashtra's Thane district, had sought the consultancy's help to secure admission for his son at a university in Russia for a six-year medical degree course.