Indore
The crime branch has arrested a thug who cheats people by pretending to be the Prime Minister (PM) Housing Scheme. The accused has cheated 82 lakh rupees by pretending to be a cheap house. A reward of 10 thousand rupees was declared on his arrest. The police have arrested the accused from Gujarat. He cheats by changing his name.
Accused has been read till 12th
According to DCP (crime) Rajesh Tripathi, the name of the accused is Jatin Bhai Mania. He also had many distinct identity, such as Deepak Turkar, Shailesh, Neeraj Patel, AK Patel, Sandeep Patel. The accused is from Bhavnagar in Gujarat. Currently, he was hiding in Surat and cutting absconding. Many people including Chandan Patel, Naman had filed a complaint against him. The accused has studied till 12th. He used to search the rented room from OLX and 99 acres online platform.
Used to make fake allocation letters, booking receipts, sales tender
Used to take room in different cities. During this time, people used to increase closeness. Accused room partners and acquaintances used to be an employee of Mania the Business Empire. He used to lure them to build a building under the PM Awas Yojana. Used to take money by speaking to people to get cheap house-flat. They used to make fake allocation letters, booking receipts, sales tender.
Police caught the accused from Surat
According to the DCP, the accused showed flats being built on Satpura campus, super corridor, Aravali campus, Bhuri Tekri and took Rs 82 lakh by pretending to get cheap flats. After the case was registered, the accused escaped and escaped. On Friday, the police caught the accused from Surat.
Millions of rupees cheated by becoming fake RTO
According to the DCP, the accused is a vicious criminal. He changes the name and number again and again. During the interrogation, he has accepted fraud of Rs 10 lakh by becoming a fake RTO in Mumbai and cheating 20 lakh rupees in the name of job in Mumbai Municipality Corporation.
