Mumbai: A father–son real estate duo and their construction company have been booked by the Andheri Police for allegedly cheating nearly 18 investors of ₹31.26 crore by promising 18% annual returns on investments in a redevelopment project.

A case has been registered against M/s Ranbir Real Estate & Developers and its directors, Jaykumar Gupta and Suyash Gupta. The complainant, Mahesh Doshi, a pharmacy businessman from Vapi, Gujarat, had been searching for lucrative investment opportunities. In March 2021, through a mediator, he was introduced to the company, which claimed to be executing a redevelopment project in Jogeshwari East.

On March 19, 2021, Doshi and his family met Jaykumar and Suyash Gupta at their Andheri East office. The directors presented project details and documents, claiming the project required urgent funding and assuring a fixed return of 18% interest per annum.

Convinced, Doshi and his relatives transferred ₹8.26 crore to the firm’s account via RTGS in April 2021. The company paid interest—after deducting TDS—from 2021 until September 2024, after which the Guptas abruptly stopped payments and allegedly began avoiding repayment of the principal amount as well.

According to the FIR, Doshi later discovered that the Guptas had similarly taken large sums from 17 other investors, including one Kirit Desai and his family, and had allegedly cheated them as well. In total, the duo is believed to have defrauded 18 investors of ₹31.26 crore.

Following the complaint, the Andheri Police registered a case against M/s Ranbir Real Estate & Developers, Jaykumar Gupta and Suyash Gupta under IPC Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention). The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has begun further investigation.

Mumbai: Sadanand Date is certain to be appointed as the new Maharashtra chief. Sadanand Date is currently serving as the head of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The state government has recommended Maharashtra cadre IPS Date for the post of DGP, after which Sadanand Date can now be appointed as the new DGP of Maharashtra. Date is also an important contender because his retirement is in 2027 and he will remain in the post of DGP for two years. The state government will soon take a decision regarding the DGP. The government has also requested to send Sadanand Date back to the state cadre, which makes it clear that Sadanand Date can be selected as the next DGP. Many senior officers are in the race for this post, but Data is the most senior among the senior officers.

Mumbai: Police has started an operation against Bangladeshis in Mumbai. On the other hand, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has started demanding action against Bangladeshis. In Kurla, an alleged Bangladeshi girl, Najma, gave birth to a girl in 2024. Najma had sent an application to the Kurla L Ward and the Collector, including the education officer, for issuing her birth certificate. In this, Kirit Somaiya has made a serious allegation that Najma is Bangladeshi and Dr. Ashraf Qazi of the clinic in the building adjacent to Kurla LIG Colony had given her a certificate for the birth certificate of her girl, after which the certificate of this Bangladeshi girl, Saiba, was issued. Kirit Somaiya has also released the Aadhar card of Najma and her husband Ayub Nat on X in this regard. Along with this, the doctor’s certificate obtained from RTI has also been released by Kirit Somaiya on X, in which the doctor said that the girl was born on November 19, but the birth took place at home. The BHMS doctor had confirmed all this. Based on the documents, Kreet Soumya has demanded action against Bangladeshi Najma. Along with this, in the application that Najma has filed before the Tahsildar, she has requested to obtain the birth certificate as soon as possible and the signature she has at the end is in Bengali. Kreet Soumya met the health officer in L ward and demanded action against the Bangladeshi birth certificate. Once again, Kreet Soumya has started targeting Muslim-majority areas before the BMC elections. Earlier, Kreet Soumya had targeted Govindi, Mankhurd and Malegaon in the case of fake certificates. Now, Kreet Soumya has applied in the suburban area of ​​​​Kurla, Mumbai, that birth certificates of Bangladeshis have been issued here too. Kreet Soumya has also referred to 15 fake certificates that have been issued to alleged Bangladeshis in Kurla. Mumbai Police has deported more than 1,000 Bangladeshis living in Mumbai and registered 404 cases, despite which Kret Soumya is not satisfied with the police’s action. This action was reported by Mumbai Police Commissioner Devin Bharti himself. When Dr. Ashraf Qazi was asked about Kret Soumya’s allegation, he called it baseless and said that the girl was born at home and after that the girl had a complaint, I treated her and issued her medical certificate. The work of issuing birth certificates is the responsibility of the BMC administration.