MP Nagar police have booked three miscreants for duping a Pune based business of Rs 20 lakh in the name of facilitating property on Thursday.
Police said that the victim Jayant Deshpande came to the city regarding a land deal and was duped by the accused who posed as representatives of Sanyog Finance Company.
On Thursday the victim provided Rs 20 lakh cash to the accused Ajay Mathur, Raj Dixit and two others whose name were provided by the victim as they were introduced by their surnames as Agrawal and Patil and after receiving the cash the accused never returned.
A complaint was lodged by the victim with the MP Nagar police stating that he came into contact with Ajay Mathur who assured to facilitate the documentation of property and for the process Rs 20 lakh was required including their charges.
The victim arrived on Wednesday and on Thursday he was told that the documentation is complete and would have to go to registrar office for completion of the process after which he handed over Rs 20 lakh cash to the accused. The victim withdrew Rs 20 lakh cash from Axis bank branch at MP Nagar and at the time of the withdrawal the accused remained present.The accused arranged victim’s stay at Residency Hotel in MP Nagar where the deal took place.
Based on the complaint the police have registered a case under section 420 of hthe IPC and started further investigation. The CCTV footage of Axis bank and hotel would be gathered in the further investigation.