The police on Friday said a case has been registered against three persons in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly cheating people of Rs 23 lakh by promising them jobs in the Railways, reported news agency PTI.

Based on a complaint by a resident of Dombivli, the police on Wednesday registered a case under sections sections 318(4) (cheating), 316(2) (criminal breach of trust), 336(2) and 336(3) (forgery), and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), an official said.

One of the accused, Vishal Nivate, who introduced himself as a clerk in the Railways, approached the complainant, offering to arrange for jobs for his son and two others as clerks and ticket checkers (TCs), he said, reported PTI.