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Thane, Dec 9 (PTI) Police registered a case against two persons at Vashi in Navi Mumbai on Saturday for allegedly cheating a man of more than Rs 3 lakh on the promise of giving a job, an official said.
The accused, Awadhesh Tiwari and Raj Pandey, collectively took Rs 3.25 lakh from the victim starting from October 2023, promising to give a job in the merchant navy, he said.
“Despite taking the money, they failed to act on their promise,” the official of Vashi police station said.
Based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s father, who works as a house painter, an offence under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 34 (common intention) was registered, he said. PTI COR NP
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