Mumbai: A police constable attached to the Navi Mumbai police Commissionerate was arrested by the Kalamboli Police for cheating people to the tune of lakhs of rupees. The accused has been identified as Vitthal Naik.
According to police, Naik led a gang that lured people to invest money with a promise to double it in a month. Attracted by lucrative returns many people invested money in the schemes.
The modus-operandi of the gang was to start conversation with people when they came to collect the money and introduce newer schemes. While they would be talking, Naik would appear and conduct a 'raid' to arrest a wanted criminal - the promoter of the investment scheme. Naik and his gang would stage the raid so effectively that the investors would get terrified and forget about their money for the fear of being caught in legal tangle.
According to Khan, who is an auto driver came to know about the investment plan from his friend Jamal, wherein money was doubled in a month. Impressed by it, Farukh agreed to invest and arranged Rs 2.30 lakh. Jamal called him to Central Park at Kharghar. When Farukh reached there, Naik appeared on the scene and claiming to be from crime branch, staged the arrest of Jamal on charges of being involved in the act. When Farukh pleaded innocence, he was released.
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According to police, Naik led a gang that lured people to invest money with a promise to double it in a month. Attracted by lucrative returns many people invested money in the schemes.
The modus-operandi of the gang was to start conversation with people when they came to collect the money and introduce newer schemes. While they would be talking, Naik would appear and conduct a 'raid' to arrest a wanted criminal - the promoter of the investment scheme. Naik and his gang would stage the raid so effectively that the investors would get terrified and forget about their money for the fear of being caught in legal tangle.
According to Khan, who is an auto driver came to know about the investment plan from his friend Jamal, wherein money was doubled in a month. Impressed by it, Farukh agreed to invest and arranged Rs 2.30 lakh. Jamal called him to Central Park at Kharghar. When Farukh reached there, Naik appeared on the scene and claiming to be from crime branch, staged the arrest of Jamal on charges of being involved in the act. When Farukh pleaded innocence, he was released.
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