Mumbai: The Central Region Cyber Police Station has arrested three individuals from Thane District for allegedly defrauding a 73-year-old man of ₹3.81 crore under the pretext of offering high returns on stock market investments. The arrested individuals have been identified as Satish Suryanath Yadav (27), Vikas Ramshankar Maurya (27), and Sachin Krishnanand Chaurasia (23).

According to police, upon receiving the victim’s complaint, the cyber helpline team (1930), with support from the bank, managed to freeze ₹15.29 lakh from the fraudulent transactions. Officer Mausami Patil from the Central Cyber Police Station revealed that Satish Yadav had established a shell company named Shield Associates, where the stolen funds were deposited. Yadav opened the account with help from his accomplice, Vikas Maurya, who rented these accounts to cyber fraudsters for commissions. The third accused, Chaurasia, provided the SIM card used to create the fraudulent bank account.

Police stated that the scammers lured the victim into investing in the stock market with promises of exorbitant profits. Trusting their false assurances, the victim transferred ₹3.81 crore to their accounts. When the promised returns stopped and he attempted to withdraw the principal amount, the victim realized he had been scammed and filed a complaint.

During the investigation, cyber police traced the fraudulent transactions to a specific bank account. This led to the arrest of the accused individuals responsible for facilitating the scam. Police also disclosed that the main accused, Rahul Ladhi, passed away seven months ago.

The case remains under investigation as authorities work to uncover additional details and recover the remaining stolen funds. Cyber police have urged the public to remain cautious of investment scams and report suspicious activities to the cyber helpline.

Mumbai: The DN nagar police arrested two man including a 53-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the Andheri area. The accused, who was known to the victim, reportedly gained her trust before introducing her to another man. He then made a video of the two and used it to blackmail the girl, threatening to show it to her parents and defame her.

The victim girl lives in Andheri area and is currently studying. The accused lives in the same area and both of them are known to each other. In the second week of November, he tried to gain her trust by getting close to her. He then introduced her to a young man. He had induced her to befriend him.

While chatting with young man, he made a video of both of them on his mobile phone. He started blackmailing her by threatening to show the video to her parents and defame her. So this girl was very scared. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he brought her home and sexually assaulted her from November 8 to November 28, 2024.

As they both lived in the same locality, he had asked a young man to keep watch outside his house in case anyone came. Every time the girl was sexually assaulted by the accused, he stayed there as a watch. She recently told this to her parents. They were shocked to hear this ordeal.

Then the victim’s parents approached DN Nagar police and filed a complaint against the accused along with the youth. After this complaint, the police registered a case against both the accused. As soon as the case was registered, both the accused were arrested by the police. After his arrest, he was produced in a special POCSO court. This time the court has remanded both of them to police custody.

The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Mumbai Airport Customs have apprehended two persons for allegedly smuggling 2.9 kilograms of gold valued at Rs2 crore, agency sources said on Sunday.

The accused have been identified as M Waghela and Sunil Kadam. According to the Customs sources, Waghela had brought smuggled gold and had handed it over to Kadam in order to take it out of the airport.

The Customs officials who were discreetly monitoring their movements, got hold of the duo and placed them under arrest. The Customs has also seized the gold from them. The sources said that further investigation have been taken up in this matter.