The Juhu police has registered a complaint against a Bengaluru resident for allegedly cheating a Mumbai-based firm owner to the tune of a `135 crores over the last three years. According to the Juhu police, the complaint was registered on the directions of the metropolitan magistrate court in Andheri on Tuesday.
“The complainant, Puneet Bhangia, runs a real estate business in Vile Parle and has a field office in Bengaluru. He was interested in investing in some real estate in Bengaluru, and a man named Mohammed Aslam was recommended to him by his business contacts,” said Pratap Dighavkar, deputy commissioner of police, Zone IX.
Between 2009 and June 2012, Mr Bhangia paid Aslam a total of `135 crores in exchange for the plot of land that he was interested in buying. Aslam kept taking varied amounts of money under different pretexts till June 14, when he gave Mr Bhangia an ownership deed.
He then went untraceable. Mr Bhangia, on visiting the plot of land in question, learnt that no deal had ever taken place, and also discovered that the deed that Aslam had given him was forged.
Mr Bhangia then went to court, and the court directed the Juhu police to register a complaint of fraud and initiate investigations.
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Mumbai cops move court
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, JUNE 26
The Mumbai police on Tuesday moved a Delhi court seeking custody of Abu Jundal, alleged key handler in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, who is currently in custody of the special cell of the Delhi police.
The Crime Branch of Mumbai police, in its application seeking Abu Jundal’s custody said, “In view of letter of additional CMM 37th Court, Mumbai, it is humbly prayed that a direction be kindly issued to produce the accused person (Abu Jundal) before it.”