According to police sources, the complainant, a Vile Parle resident, who owns a grocery store in Worli, was on his way to work on his two-wheeler, when he was stopped by two men in plainclothes near Veer Savarkar Road on Thursday morning, at around 8.30 am. The unidentified duo walked up to the complainant and claimed to be crime branch officials.
In what appears to be a new method to dupe gullible people, a 26-year-old lost Rs3 lakh when he fell for a video call made by a fake officer from the Delhi crime branch, says a report.
A private bank has lodged a complaint against a private company and its directors for allegedly cheating and causing a wrongful loss of Rs 39.64 crore to the bank in Mumbai.
The driver was booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicle Act. The septuagenarian, a local resident, was declared dead before admission, said police.