Deonar Police have registered a case against a Govandi resident for allegedly cheating a garment trader of Rs 24 lakh by using forged documents bearing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) logo and survey details linked to slum-redevelopment projects.

According to the police, the complainant, 50-year-old Mohammad Shah, runs a garment unit in Govandi. The accused, 51-year-old Tufail Ahmed Jamadar Shah, a resident of Gautam Nagar in Govandi, promised to secure him six rooms in upcoming BMC redevelopment projects at Panchshil Society in New Gautam Nagar Part No 1 and Maharashtra Nagar in Mankhurd.