The Sahar police Tuesday booked three people for allegedly defrauding a New Delhi-based businessman to the tune of Rs 4.86 crore in Mumbai.
The accused persons under the pretext of helping the complainant businessman get Rs 100 crore finance from a financial company accepted Rs 4.86 crore as their service fee.
However, they failed to fulfill their promise and the complainant neither got the promised finance nor did the accused persons return the money taken as service fee.
As per the complaint of the 52-year-old businessman to the police, three accused Mohammed Saaud Khan, Sania Syed Ali Qadri and Jayesh Patel alias Rakshit Kothari, between December 2023 and May 2024, allegedly defrauded him.
“The accused persons promised to help the complainant in getting the finance of Rs 100 crore at a meeting held in ITC Maratha hotel. After paying the accused the service fee, when the complainant observed that they were not fulfilling their promise and time was passing he finally asked them to return his money,” said a police source.
After this, the accused started avoiding the complainant and gave him excuses to buy time. Later, they also threatened him, the source added.
Finally, the complaint approached the Sahar police station and filed the complaint on Tuesday, an officer said.
Probe revealed that the accused persons also used impersonation to cheat the Delhi businessman.
The Sahar police have booked three accused persons under sections 420 (cheating), 419 (cheating by impersonation), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 506 (criminal intimidation), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
The investigators are verifying the allegations made by the complainant and are obtaining details of the accused persons.