Surat: An Aurangabad-based real-estate broker has been duped of Rs 50 lakh by a Surat-based gang, who lured him with finance of Rs 100 crore at 4% to 6% annual interest. Broker, Jagdish Biyanilodged a complaint at Mahendrapura police station on Thursday.
except pay meThe same gang also cheated six other people of Rs 50 lakh.
According to the case, Biyani got a call from his Nagpur-based friend Siddhant wax In December 2022, some people in Surat offered finance up to Rs 100 crore at 4% to 6% annual interest rate. Vahane then introduced Biyani to a lady who said that she would fix the finance amount after going through Biyani’s profile and also asked for 2% commission.
Then Biyani came to Surat with another friend Santosh Lahoti and reached Hotel Comfort in Delhi Gate area. The vehicles were already there. Vahane introduced Biyani and Lahoti to Meena Gadekar. Gadekar asked for the documents from Biyani, after which Gadekar and his colleague Suhash Dudhe examined the papers. Gadekar then told Biyani that he was eligible for finance of Rs 50 crore, not Rs 100 crore.
When Biyani agreed to Rs 50 crore, Gadekar asked for Rs 50 lakh as stamp duty. He also told her that her boss would meet her. After Biyani transferred Rs 5 lakh as advance, he took Biyani to his boss Mohnish’s office in Amroli.
In the Amroli office, some people were seen counting huge bundles of currency notes to impress Biyani. After some time Biyani met Mohnish who was wearing a lot of gold around his neck and hands. After meeting him, Biyani transferred the remaining Rs 45 lakh to Gadekar.
There were six other people including Dr. Mohan Gajabiye and Lalit Radke in the hotel, who had come to get finance from this gang. The gang had also cheated six people of Rs 50 lakh.
After a few days, Gadekar told Biyani that he needed to go to Goa to execute the agreement for finance. Biyani, Gadekar and two other persons had gone to Goa on December 19, 2022. Radke also accompanied him to Goa.
Before leaving for Goa, the gang prepared a bag and stuffed it with Rs 1 crore notes in an attempt to make it appear that the amount was for settlement purposes. But after reaching the hotel in Goa, when the bag was opened, they found inner wear in it. Gadekar and his associates told Biyani that the cash bag had been changed at the airport and that he needed to go back to Surat. Thereafter, Gadekar and his associates left Biyani and Radke at a hotel in Goa and came to Surat. When Biyani asked Mohnish’s office about his money, he was told that the cash bag had reached Bangladesh. Realizing that he had been duped, Biyani lodged a complaint with the Mahendrapura police in Surat. After Biyani lodged a complaint, the police found out that Radke and five others had also been duped of Rs 50 lakh by the same gang. Police have booked Meena Gadekar, Suhas Dudhe, Mohnish, Amar Patil and two others. Inspector JB Chowdhary is investigating the case.
except pay meThe same gang also cheated six other people of Rs 50 lakh.
According to the case, Biyani got a call from his Nagpur-based friend Siddhant wax In December 2022, some people in Surat offered finance up to Rs 100 crore at 4% to 6% annual interest rate. Vahane then introduced Biyani to a lady who said that she would fix the finance amount after going through Biyani’s profile and also asked for 2% commission.
Then Biyani came to Surat with another friend Santosh Lahoti and reached Hotel Comfort in Delhi Gate area. The vehicles were already there. Vahane introduced Biyani and Lahoti to Meena Gadekar. Gadekar asked for the documents from Biyani, after which Gadekar and his colleague Suhash Dudhe examined the papers. Gadekar then told Biyani that he was eligible for finance of Rs 50 crore, not Rs 100 crore.
When Biyani agreed to Rs 50 crore, Gadekar asked for Rs 50 lakh as stamp duty. He also told her that her boss would meet her. After Biyani transferred Rs 5 lakh as advance, he took Biyani to his boss Mohnish’s office in Amroli.
In the Amroli office, some people were seen counting huge bundles of currency notes to impress Biyani. After some time Biyani met Mohnish who was wearing a lot of gold around his neck and hands. After meeting him, Biyani transferred the remaining Rs 45 lakh to Gadekar.
There were six other people including Dr. Mohan Gajabiye and Lalit Radke in the hotel, who had come to get finance from this gang. The gang had also cheated six people of Rs 50 lakh.
After a few days, Gadekar told Biyani that he needed to go to Goa to execute the agreement for finance. Biyani, Gadekar and two other persons had gone to Goa on December 19, 2022. Radke also accompanied him to Goa.
Before leaving for Goa, the gang prepared a bag and stuffed it with Rs 1 crore notes in an attempt to make it appear that the amount was for settlement purposes. But after reaching the hotel in Goa, when the bag was opened, they found inner wear in it. Gadekar and his associates told Biyani that the cash bag had been changed at the airport and that he needed to go back to Surat. Thereafter, Gadekar and his associates left Biyani and Radke at a hotel in Goa and came to Surat. When Biyani asked Mohnish’s office about his money, he was told that the cash bag had reached Bangladesh. Realizing that he had been duped, Biyani lodged a complaint with the Mahendrapura police in Surat. After Biyani lodged a complaint, the police found out that Radke and five others had also been duped of Rs 50 lakh by the same gang. Police have booked Meena Gadekar, Suhas Dudhe, Mohnish, Amar Patil and two others. Inspector JB Chowdhary is investigating the case.