Man held for duping 40 job seekers of Rs 2 crore by posing as Income Tax dept official in Palghar

As many as 28 fake ID cards, including those with designations of Income Tax Assistant Commissioner, I-T Inspector, Assistant Commissioner in Home Department, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Police Commissioner, were recovered from him, an official said

The Palghar Police in Maharashtra have arrested a man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly duping over 40 persons to the tune of Rs 2 crore by posing as an Income Tax official, and promising jobs to them in the department, an official said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.

The accused has been identified as Rinku Sharma (33), he said.

"From 2021, Sharma posed himself as an Income Tax Commissioner and moved around in a car with the I-T department written on it and amber light fixed atop it. He offered to give a job to the complainant's daughter as an I-T Inspector and took Rs 15 lakh from him," Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Madan Ballal told reporters, according to the PTI.

He also issued a fake appointment letter, although the victim never got the job, the official said.

Based on the complaint, the police launched a probe. They zeroed in on Sharma (33) and nabbed him on Tuesday, he added.

As many as 28 fake ID cards, including those with designations of Income Tax Assistant Commissioner, I-T Inspector, Assistant Commissioner in Home Department, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Police Commissioner, were recovered from him, the official said, as per the PTI.

Senior inspector Pramod Badakh, who led the probe, said the accused conned more than 40 persons of over Rs 2 crore.

"This is the primary estimate and further probe into the crime will reveal the extent of the fraud," he said.

An FIR has been registered at the Pelhar police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 318 (4) (cheating), 204 (personating a public servant), 319 (2) (cheating by personation), 338 (forgery) and others, the police said, the news agency reported. 

EOW takes over probe into multi-crore Torres investment scam

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police on Wednesday took over the investigation into Torres jewellery firm's multi-crore investment scam, an official said.

The police have registered a case against Platinum Hern Private Limited company, which runs the 'Torres' jewellery brand, and its directors for duping investors for over Rs 13.48 crore by promising attractive returns on their investment in the firm located at Dadar in central Mumbai, he said.

Three top executives of the private jewellery firm -- two of them foreign nationals -- were arrested on Tuesday evening and sent to police custody till January 13.

"Considering the scope of investigation, the case was transferred to the EOW on Wednesday," he said.

Accordingly, a team of EOW officials visited the Shivaji Park police station and collected related documents for the probe. After examining the case-related documents, the EOW team will take the probe ahead, he said, as per the PTI.

(with PTI inputs)

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