Duo nabbed in Hinjewadi for attempting to dupe real estate agent with ‘double money' scam
The real estate agent became suspicious and alerted his police constable friend.
The police then laid a trap near Laxmi Chowk and nabbed the duo, who came there with a bag containing cash. "We recovered board game currency notes from the bag," an officer of the Hinjewadi police said.
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The duo, identified as Chetan Ingle (26) and Akash Dandge (28), both from Hinjewadi, were arrested under section 318 (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The officer added that according to the complainant, he met Ingle in Hinjewadi a few days ago.
On Tuesday, when he went to Hinjewadi for work, he met Ingle again. "Ingle's friend Dandge was with him at the time. The duo told the complainant they would double his money. If he gave them Rs2.10 lakh, they would give him Rs7 lakh in return," the officer said.
He said the duo called the complainant to meet them near Laxmi Chowk in Hinjewadi around 9.30pm with the money. As the complainant was suspicious about the deal, he alerted his friend, police constable Kiran Pawar. "Pawar called the complainant to the Hinjewadi police and informed us. Assistant police inspector Somnath Panchal and his team then laid a trap and took the duo into custody," said the officer.
The police are investigating whether the duo duped anyone else using the same modus operandi. "API Panchal is investigating the case," the officer said.
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