They allegedly duped an Andheri businessman of Rs 1.25 crore by promising to build a tug boat and a barge vessel during the lockdown.
MUMBAI: A mother-daughter duo was arrested from their Kalyan (West) residence in Thane district of Maharashtra on Friday in a cheating case.
They allegedly duped an Andheri businessman of Rs 1.25 crore by promising to build a tug boat and a barge vessel during the lockdown. They assured them of Rs 15 lakh every month after helping him with customers for renting out the vessels.
The case was registered in October 2020 with the Andheri police station after the businessman Sushant Shelatkar (39), who is into shipping logistics business, learnt that the accused Raghini Khandelwal, 52 (mother) and daughter Mansi (22) has duped several high profile people, including a politician, from Mumbai and Thane after showing the same hull.