Police have registered a case against 16 persons for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 11.69 lakh in a forex trading racket in Maharashtra`s Thane district, officials said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.
The accused lured the 24-year-old victim, a resident of Ulhasnagar, into forex trading by promising high returns.
Based on their instructions, he transferred Rs 11,69,165 to multiple bank accounts between October 14 and November 22. But when he asked for his returns and his invested amount, the accused stopped responding, an official from Ulhasnagar police station said, reported PTI.
Based on the victim`s complaint, the police registered a case on November 30 against 16 persons, including a woman and a person posing as a customer care executive, on charges of cheating under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act, he added, reported PTI.
Man murdered, another injured in attack in Thane; key accused held
In another case, a group of persons allegedly killed a man and injured another person in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Tuesday, reported PTI.
The police have arrested the main accused in the incident which took place near a temple in the Mumbra area at around 9 pm on Monday, they said.
The key accused, Ritik Vinay Dubey, also known as Pandit, and some other persons allegedly attacked two men, both residents of Devi Chal village in Ganesh Pada, with sharp weapons, Mumbra police station`s senior inspector Anil Shinde said, reported PTI.
One of the men, Abhijit Bhaskar Patil (20), was killed, while Sumit Sunil Gawde (22) was seriously injured and undergoing treatment in a hospital, he said, adding the motive behind the attack was being probed, reported PTI.
Dubey was arrested and a case was registered against him and the other accused on charges of murder and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.
Thane meat shop owner held for selling beef illegally
Meanwhile, police have arrested a 38-year-old meat shopkeeper in Maharashtra`s Thane district for allegedly selling beef in violation of the law, officials said on Tuesday, reported PTI.
Acting on a tip-off about illegal meat trade, the police conducted a raid on the man`s shop at Nizampura in the Bhiwandi area on November 29.
During the raid, they recovered 16 kg of beef, valued at Rs 5,500, from the shop, an official from Nizampura police station said, reported PTI.
“Our team found the shop selling beef without any legal permission. After confirming the nature of the meat, we registered a case and arrested the accused,” the official said, reported PTI.
The accused has been booked under the provisions of the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, the police added.
(With inputs from PTI)
