Thane: Mother-son duo booked for cheating contractor of Rs 6 lakh in land deal

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 news agency 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 saidHowever investigations later revealed that the accused had already transferred the plot through a relinquishment deed to a relative police said reported PTIA 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 said reported PTIMan swindles gold worth Rs 572 cr from employer with fake corporate gifting orderIn another case a man was arrested for allegedly duping his employer by appropriating gold coins worth Rs 572 crore using forged purchase orders and documents a Mumbai police official said on Saturday reported PTIThe Vanrai police station identified the accused as Sunil Gupta who was arrested on Wednesday reported PTIGupta worked at a firm making corporate gift items for the past two years and had been given the power to handle financial transactions He had access to the companys email accounts etc He told his employer and complainant Naresh Jain that a pharmaceutical company had placed an order for gold coins for corporate gifting the official said reported PTIFor this Jain booked 34 kilograms of gold worth Rs 246 crore which he handed over to Gupta for delivery Gupta later submitted documents including a stamped and signed tax invoice to prove delivery He then said the firm had placed a second order after which Jain dispatched another 36 kilograms of gold coins valued at Rs 317 crore the official said reported PTIAfter being confronted over nonpayment by the pharmaceutical firm Gupta confessed he had not delivered the gold coins but had instead misused them for his personal benefitHe admitted to creating bogus invoices and forged documents and assured Jain he would repay the amount once his financial issues were resolved Jain also found out the pharma firm had not placed any order He then lodged a complaint with Vanrai police after which Gupta was arrested the official informed reported PTIWith inputs from PTI