An official on Tuesday said that the police in Thane have registered a case against a job agent for allegedly cheating a recruiter of nearly Rs 22 lakh under the pretext of facilitating employment in Singapore for the latter`s clients, reported news agency PTI.
The complainant is a resident of Dombivli in Maharashtra`s Thane district and operates an overseas recruitment agency with an office in neighbouring Mumbai.
“The accused had assured the complainant that he could facilitate jobs in Singapore for 11 of his clients. Trusting his assurance, the complainant paid a total of Rs 21,96,000 for the promised placements,” the official from Vishnunagar police station said, reported PTI.
However, when no jobs materialised, the complainant followed up with the accused for updates, but the responses were vague and evasive. The complainant later realised he had been defrauded, the official said., reported PTI.
A case was registered on Sunday against the accused under section 318(4) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, reported PTI.
“We are currently conducting a detailed probe to verify the financial transactions and communication between the parties,” the official said.
Two held for repackaging, reselling expired products in Thane
In another case, two persons from a recycling company have been arrested in Maharashtra`s Thane district for allegedly repackaging expired products, including food items, for resale in the market, police said on Sunday, reported PTI.
The Thane city police raided two godowns in the Dahisar area of Shil-Daighar earlier this week and seized 200 tonnes of expired goods, an official said.
He said the accused, Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Munir Chowdhary (41) and Mohammad Akram Mohammad Ismail Shaikh (58), are partners in a recycling and waste-handling company in Bhiwandi, reported PTI.
“Based on a tip-off that a recycling company was engaged in bringing expired products back into the market instead of destroying them, our team conducted raids on July 9 and 10 at two godowns located in Dahisar,” the official said, reported PTI.
He said the team found that a massive stockpile of nearly 200 tonnes of expired goods, initially dispatched by an e-commerce company for safe destruction, were being repacked and stored for resale.
The stock included food grains, cereals, flour, sugar, rice, dry fruits, toilet cleaners, sanitary pads, washing powders, and branded soaps, the official said, reported PTI.
“Labels on these products were deliberately torn, and the items were repacked in plastic and gunny bags to be sold in Bhiwandi and surrounding areas,” he said, reported PTI.
The official said that the duo was booked under sections 318(4) (cheating), 336(2) (forgery), and 340(2) (using forged documents or records as genuine) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
(With inputs from PTI)
