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Mumbai: Two booked for duping engineer of Rs 2 lakh
Updated On: 23 August, 2023 08:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
According to the victim, he had approached the Marine Drive police station to register an FIR against both the accused on August 21
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Accused Prashant Navghare
The Marine Drive police station had registered a complaint against two people for allegedly duping a 37-year-old electrical engineer for Rs 2 lakh under the pretext of "getting an approval for his work." While speaking to Mid-Day the victim Santosh (name changed) said, "I am an electrical engineer, I wanted to develop an App for Mumbai traffic police`s e challan. I wanted to start my own startup. But now my dreams are shattered." According to the victim, he had approached the Marine Drive police station to register an FIR against both the accused on August 21.
"In December 2021, via an NCP worker, I got a contact, his name was Prashant Navghare, I called him but he didn`t receive my calls. In January 2022, he himself called me and said that he would get the work done. He also called me to meet near Mantralaya, when I met him he claimed to be the personal assistant to the then Home Minister of the State Dilip Valse Patil. He showed a picture of him with Dilip ji to prove his point," said the 37-year-old victim.
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