New cheating FIR against ‘NCB witness’ in Palghar

MUMBAI: A fresh case of cheating has been registered against Kiran Gosavi, an independent witness in the NCB’s cruise drug bust case in which Aryan was among those arrested early this month.
Kelwe police filed an FIR against Gosavi for allegedly cheating two youth, Utkarsh Tare and Adarsh Kini, from Edwan village in Palghar by promising them jobs in Malaysia and taking Rs 1.65 lakh from them in December 2018.Though the victims, who claimed to have been given fake visas and flight tickets, had filed their complaint in September 2019, the case against Gosavi was registered on Sunday. Gosavi came into focus when a selfie of his with Aryan after the latter’s detention by NCB went viral. After that, NCP’s Nawab Malik highlighted cheating cases registered against Gosavi in Pune and Thane.
In his complaint, Tare stated the money was paid to Gosavi online. Gosavi, he said, ran a placement agency from Navi Mumbai, which complainants had visited. Tare and Kini stated they were to fly to Malaysia from Kochi. When they reached the airport, they learnt about the fake visas. Gosavi, they stated, never took phone calls after December 2018. API Bhimsen Gaikwad said a team has been formed to arrest Gosavi.