Couple cheat Kothrud man of Rs 40.43L, booked

Pune: The police on Saturday registered a case against a couple after a Kothrud resident lodged a complaint stating that they cheated him of Rs40.43 lakh on the pretext of helping him secure a liquor license.
The complainant alleged that the man claimed he was a central government officer and he could get the license using his contacts. After taking money from the complainant, the man issued a fake license, the police said.
The complainant’s father runs a shop in Kothrud and the family owns property in Beed district.When contacted, he refused to comment as the case is under investigation.
Senior inspector Neelima Pawar of Shivajinagar police station said, “The victim had borrowed money from his father and sold a piece of land in Beed to collect the money for the liquor license. He had approached us about three months ago when we recorded his statement and started a preliminary inquiry into the matter. We have registered a formal FIR on Saturday.”
According to the police, the suspect met the complainant in January last year and represented himself as an assistant commissioner with a central government organisation. The woman claimed she was the officer’s wife. Police said the victim met the couple after coming to know that the officer was in Pune and wanted to settle down in the city. “The couple told him that they wanted to buy a flat in Hadapsar and were in need of money. They promised to give him license of a liquor shop against the money,” Pawar said.