Police have arrested a 53-year-old man in Mumbai for cheating people by promising them flats of state-run housing agency MHADA at rates cheaper than market prices, officials said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.
The accused was identified as Jitendra Sukhlal Rathod, who was nabbed by a team of the police`s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Wednesday from the Chembur area, an official said, reported PTI.
During probe it was revealed that at least eight cases of cheating and forgery were registered against Rathod in various police stations since 2022.
Earlier, the EOW had arrested a 48-year-old woman, Bela D`Souza, in connection with the cheating case, reported PTI.
A 58-year-old woman, who stays in the Mazgaon area, had filed a complaint against D`Souza and others for duping her of Rs 70 lakh by promising a MHADA flat at a cheaper price, reported PTI.
During the probe, it came to light the accused persons, including Rathod, had duped many others by promising cheaper flats, he said.
Housemaid arrested for theft of jewellery worth Rs 3.5 crore
In another case, Mumbai Police has arrested a domestic help for allegedly stealing jewellery and diamonds worth Rs 3.57 crore from the house of a 93-year-old woman who lives in Marine Drive area, reported PTI.
The accused was identified as Archana Salvi, a resident of Kalyan, an official said, reported PTI.
The incident occurred between April 27 and July 26 this year at the Bharti Bhuvan building, and came to light when the old woman`s son, who works in Dubai, visited his mother and found that the jewellery was missing, reported PTI.
Police kept Salvi, who had worked there as a temporary help, under surveillance and found financial transactions amounting to lakhs of rupees in her account.
She was detained and later placed under arrest as she admitted to the crime, the official said.
Police recovered Rs 1.26 crore worth valuables from her, and probe was underway, he said.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai police have arrested a man for allegedly cheating a couple of Rs 72 lakh in a forex trading fraud, officials said.
A search was underway for two other accused individuals -- a man and his son -- in the case, they said.
The victims in their police complaint said they got in touch with the accused three years back.
The three accused told the couple, residents of Borivali in Mumbai, that they were major investors and ran a successful forex trading business.
(With inputs from PTI)
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