Pune Metropolis Police have arrested a pair for allegedly dishonest a number of individuals, most of them labourers and home assist, on assurances of offering them mortgage beneath a central authorities scheme.
Police have recognized the couple as Sapna Hiralal Agadnyan (30) and her husband Hiralal Madhukar Agadnyan (40), each residents of Ambegaon.
Police mentioned Hirlal labored as a safety guard in a neighborhood residential society. The accused couple allegedly approached labourers and other people from poor backgrounds and claimed to work for ‘Pradhan Mantri Dhune Bhandi Kamgar Yojana’, “a scheme accredited by the federal government for offering loans of as much as Rs 10 lakh on fee of Rs 10,000 and submission of a kind price Rs 300 every”.
The couple additionally informed these making use of for the ‘mortgage’ that if they carry two different individuals looking for the mortgage, then their one mortgage installment can be waived off.
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Police mentioned the accused couple allegedly cheated the complainant and 13 others to the tune of Rs 3.32 lakh.
Senior Police Inspector Jagannath Kalaskar mentioned, “A court docket has remanded the accused to police custody until March 19. They don’t have any felony historical past. Probe has revealed that they cheated a number of individuals within the final one yr. Additional investigation is on.”