The mother Raghini Khandelwal (58) and daughter Mansi (24) have been remanded to police custody till February 18.
Both were arrested for allegedly siphoning off Rs 1.25 crore from Andheri-based businessman in June 2020 after promising to build and deliver a tug boat and a barge.
The case was registered in October 2020 with the Andheri police after the victim Sushant Shelatkar (39) learnt from another person that the duo had sold the same tug boat to him as well.
Andheri police senior inspector Vijay Belge said the mother Raghini Khandelwal (58) and daughter Mansi (24) have been remanded to police custody till February 18. So far, they have not revealed anything about the fraud. The probe is on to get to know the total number of people they have duped.
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.