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Heavy deposit flats: New modus of fraudsters in Mumbai
Updated On: 16 September, 2022 08:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Shailesh Bhatia
Six families approached cops complaining of middlemen, who offered such flats but stopped paying monthly rent to landlords, leading to their eviction
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Victims Hasteshwar Dhotre, Rakhee Naik, Sangeeta Kokre with activist Aaftab Siddique
Scamsters have now resorted to heavy deposit rental agreements and allegedly duped several families, all of them from economically weak backgrounds. As per the victims, the accused would offer them flats for a one-time security deposit ranging to several lakhs which is returnable at the end of the tenure. However, the accused, who took the same flats on a monthly rent basis from the homeowners, stopped making the payment, which led to the landlords evicting the victims.
The victims added that when they approached the accused, they allegedly issued cheques for the deposited amount, but all of the cheques bounced. This scam first came to light in April this year when Rakhee Naik, a housekeeper, lodged a complaint with Khar police against Diwaker Rane, Sachin Jadhav and Santosh Dasgaokar. The cops filed an FIR against the trio for cheating and criminal breach of trust on April 20 and started an investigation.
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