Navi Mumbai credit society employees booked for duping farmers of Rs 14.59 lakh

Police have registered a case against the chairman and staff of a cooperative credit society for allegedly cheating a group of farmers of Rs 1459 lakh by promising them a loan for a joint land purchase in Navi Mumbai officials said on Tuesday reported news agency PTIA group of 14 farmers had jointly purchased a plot of land at Nevali in Navi Mumbai for Rs 346 crore To complete the payment for the land they had approached the cooperative credit society for a loanThe credit society chairman assured the farmers of a Rs 6 crore loan for payment and plot development But he allegedly demanded Rs 24 lakh as processing fees and other charges and collected Rs 23 lakh from the farmers an official from the CBD police station said reported PTIThe farmers representative was shown screenshots of loan approval letters demand drafts and related documents but the promised loan was not disbursed he saidIn the meantime other staff members of the credit society also demanded money on various pretexts and allegedly took Rs 409 lakh from them the official said reported PTIOn being confronted the credit society chairman returned Rs 125 lakh but failed to refund the remaining amount he said adding the alleged fraud took place between August and October 2024 reported PTIThe farmers representative lodged a police complaint based on which a case was registered on Sunday against the credit society chairman and three other staffers on charges of cheating the official said reported PTINo arrests have been made so far A probe into the alleged financial fraud is in progress the official addedMotherson duo booked for cheating contractor of Rs 6 lakh in land dealIn another incident a case has been registered against a woman and her son for allegedly cheating a contractor of Rs 6 lakh in a land deal in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Monday reported PTIAccording to the MiraBhayandar VasaiVirar MBVV police the accused Meena Narendra Mhatre and her son Manish allegedly approached the complainant offering to sell him a portion of their ancestral land in July 2018 reported PTIThe duo took Rs 6 lakh from him in cash and cheques over a period of seven years assuring him of executing a sale deed for a plot worth Rs 7 lakh in Bhayandar an official said reported PTIHowever investigations later revealed that the accused had already transferred the plot through a relinquishment deed to a relative police saidA first information report FIR has been registered against the duo under sections 3162 criminal breach of trust and 3184 cheating of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS 2023 and a probe is underway they saidWith inputs from PTI