The Dadar police have booked two persons for cheating a 36-year-old man of Rs 12.5 lakh. According to the police, the accused lured the victim with promises of doubling his money, claiming that funds were urgently needed to clear a Supreme Court-imposed penalty and unfreeze a bank account. The fraud took place over the course of one year (March 2025-March 2026).

Police said that the complainant, a Dadar resident and a driver by profession, was approached in March last year through his acquaintance Rakesh Shikari, who introduced him to the main accused Hem Ketan Thakkar, 45, a resident of Lower Parel.