Navi Mumbai doctor, associate cheat farmer of Rs 25000 with job promise
Thane: The Navi Mumbai doctor and his associate have been booked for allegedly a 32-year-old farmer of Rs 25,000 by making a false promise to get him a job in the Indian Railways.
The victim, hailing from Jalgaon in Maharashtra, allegedly paid Rs 25,000 to the doctor at his clinic in the Belapur area of Navi Mumbai on November 28, 2023, the official from CBD police station said on Thursday.
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The farmer claimed he was promised the job of an announcer in the Railways and a fake appointment letter was provided to him after he paid the money.
He filed a complaint with the Government Railway Police at Igatpuri station.
The complaint was transferred to the CBD police station, where a case was registered against the doctor and his associate on Wednesday under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery) and 34 (common intention), the official said.