Navi Mumbai doctor among 2 booked for cheating farmer with job promise

The Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against a Navi Mumbai doctor and his associate for allegedly cheating a 32yearold farmer of Rs 25000 by promising to get him a job in the Indian Railways an official said on Thursday reported news agency PTIThe victim hailing from Jalgaon in Maharashtra allegedly paid Rs 25000 to the Navi Mumbai doctor at his clinic in Belapur area of Navi Mumbai on November 28 2023 the official from CBD police station said reported PTIThe farmer claimed he was promised the job of an announcer in the Railways and a fake appointment letter was provided to him after he paid the money reported PTIHe filed a complaint with the Government Railway Police at Igatpuri station reported PTIThe complaint was transferred to the CBD police station where a case was registered against the doctor and his associate on Wednesday under Indian Penal Code sections 420 cheating 465 forgery and 34 common intention the official said reported PTIIn another case a 30yearold labour contractor has been killed allegedly by six persons in Navi Mumbai township of Maharashtra following a dispute over a Mathadi site of headload workers police said on Wednesday reported PTIThe incident took place on Tuesday evening at Sector 10 in Nerul area during which the deceaseds wife also suffered injuries they saidThe deceased and one of the accused also in the same business had developed friendship during their time together in a prisonHowever later a dispute arose between them over a Mathadi site of headload workers in Mankhurd area of neighbouring Mumbai an official at Nerul police station said reported PTIThe dispute escalated on February 9 when the contractor and his wife were threatened by a group of individuals near a lake in Navi Mumbai reported PTIOn Tuesday the accused person along with five other people intercepted the contractor and his wife while they were returning home with their child the official said reported PTIThe assailants allegedly attacked the couple with iron rods and sharp weapons resulting in the mans death His wife was seriously injured and hospitalised he said reported PTIFollowing a complaint by the wife of the deceased the Nerul police on Tuesday night registered a case against six persons under various Indian Penal Code sections including 302 murder and 307 attempt to murder and provisions of the Arms Act and the Maharashtra Police ActNo arrest has been made so far the police said adding a probe was on into the caseWith inputs from PTI