<p>Thane: A 42-year-old businessman from Navi Mumbai township in Maharashtra has allegedly been cheated of Rs 2 crore by a person who posed as a government official, police said on Tuesday.</p><p>The victim, resident of Nerul in Navi Mumbai, had business setbacks during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>In January 2021, he came in contact with the accused, a resident of Parel in neighbouring Mumbai, who posed as a high-ranking official with the central government's health ministry, an official from Nerul police station said.</p><p>The imposter promised to secure a loan for the victim, while claiming he had connections with the CEO of a bank. He proposed mortgaging a property to obtain collateral for the loan.</p><p>The victim told him that he did not have a property to mortgage, the official said.</p><p>The accused then told him about another individual purportedly seeking a loan, claiming the latter could mortgage his property and the loan amount could be distributed equally among the two.</p>.14 Patanjali, Divya Pharmacy products banned by Uttarakhand: Check full list here.<p>The victim, lured by the offer, gave Rs 2 crore, which he received from a Telangana contractor for the Pune Metro project, to the imposter, the official said.</p><p>When the victim requested to meet the other person seeking loan and the bank official, the imposter evaded him and later became unreachable, he said.</p><p>Based on the victim's complaint, the Nerul police station on Sunday registered a case against the imposter under Indian Penal Code sections for cheating and forgery, the official said.</p><p>A probe was on into the case.</p>
<p>Thane: A 42-year-old businessman from Navi Mumbai township in Maharashtra has allegedly been cheated of Rs 2 crore by a person who posed as a government official, police said on Tuesday.</p><p>The victim, resident of Nerul in Navi Mumbai, had business setbacks during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>In January 2021, he came in contact with the accused, a resident of Parel in neighbouring Mumbai, who posed as a high-ranking official with the central government's health ministry, an official from Nerul police station said.</p><p>The imposter promised to secure a loan for the victim, while claiming he had connections with the CEO of a bank. He proposed mortgaging a property to obtain collateral for the loan.</p><p>The victim told him that he did not have a property to mortgage, the official said.</p><p>The accused then told him about another individual purportedly seeking a loan, claiming the latter could mortgage his property and the loan amount could be distributed equally among the two.</p>.14 Patanjali, Divya Pharmacy products banned by Uttarakhand: Check full list here.<p>The victim, lured by the offer, gave Rs 2 crore, which he received from a Telangana contractor for the Pune Metro project, to the imposter, the official said.</p><p>When the victim requested to meet the other person seeking loan and the bank official, the imposter evaded him and later became unreachable, he said.</p><p>Based on the victim's complaint, the Nerul police station on Sunday registered a case against the imposter under Indian Penal Code sections for cheating and forgery, the official said.</p><p>A probe was on into the case.</p>