Police have solved a case involving the theft of valuables from a house in Maharashtra`s Palghar city last month with the arrest of a 58-year-old habitual offender from Pune, officials said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.
The incident took place on October 17 when a couple residing in the house in Palghar town had gone to the market.
During their absence, an unidentified person allegedly broke the door of their flat, entered the house, and stole gold ornaments valued at Rs 92,000 from a steel locker, a police release said, reported PTI.
Following the complaint, a case was registered at the Palghar Police Station.
A police team later identified the culprit as Nilesh Ankush Kale (58), a vegetable seller from Bhatpada in the Virar area. He was tracked and arrested near a water tank at the Gandhinagar slum on Dehu Road in Pune district on Wednesday, the release said, reported PTI.
During interrogation, the accused confessed to the burglary and also admitted to his involvement in another criminal case registered at Wada Police Station in Palghar, reported PTI.
According to the police, the accused is a habitual offender with a criminal record of 34 previous cases registered across Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad (in Pune district), Satara, and Mumbai.
Case against real estate developer for Rs 100 crore housing fraud in Mumbai
In another case, the police have registered a case against a real estate developer and others for allegedly defrauding homebuyers of Rs 100 crore by promising flats in Mumbai`s Wadala area and diverting the funds for personal use, officials said on Thursday, reported PTI.
The police`s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) registered the case on Wednesday after the preliminary enquiry based on a complaint filed by 62-year-old Chartered Accountant Anil Dron, a resident of Kandivali in Mumbai, an official said.
The accused — real estate developer Subbaraman Anand Vilaynur, his wife Uma Subbaraman, B P Gangar Constructions and others — collected Rs 100 crore from 102 persons in the name of `Sky 31` housing project in Wadala (West) since 2018, promising each a flat, he said, quoting the complaint, reported PTI.
After collecting money from the victims, the accused allegedly conspired to divert the funds to their personal and other bank accounts instead of using them for the housing project, the official said, reported PTI.
The accused also sold one flat to two persons after taking money from both and cheated them as well, he said.
The EOW registered the case against the accused on charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust, and a probe was on into it, the official said.
(With inputs from PTI)
