Retired naval officer duped of ₹46 lakh in investment fraud
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Retired naval officer duped of ₹46 lakh in investment fraud

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bhandup police have booked a man for allegedly duping a 54-year-old retired Navy officer of ₹46 lakh by promising he would invest the money in buying private four wheelers and reap huge profits by renting out the vehicles in Mumbai and Hyderabad. Having retired from the Navy as a scientific officer a few years ago, he came across an Parulkar and his wife then visited the address listed in the The retired Navy officer initially invested ₹1 lakh and signed a memorandum of understanding with Patel. He showed the retired Navy officer documents of a land parcel in Poladpur in Raigad district and asked him to invest more money, following which he invested ₹10 lakh. He then approached the Bhandup police station with a complaint, based on which the police registered a case against Ramesh Sankhat alias K Patel under sections 420 and 419 of the Indian Penal Code, said a police officer.

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