A tribal residential school owner from Nandurbar has allegedly been duped by a Mumbai-based finance company of Rs 52.5 lakh, on the pretext of securing a donation of Rs 30 crore. The owner had wanted the donation to expand his school to accommodate more tribal students. An FIR has been registered at the Parksite police station, but the police is yet to make any arrest in the case.

According to a complaint filed by Rajendrakumar Gavit, a Nandurbar-based educationist, he met one Ashraf Ali Sheikh through a friend in May 2018. Sheikh claimed to have been running a finance company in Ghatkopar West. Gavit wanted to expand his school, Tribal Devmogra Education Institute, and Sheikh claimed that he could help Gavit get a donation of Rs 30 crore.