MAPUSA
According to Mapusa Police, the complainant, Achutanand Parsekar, a staffer of Supreme Agency was on his way to a bank to deposit his company’s cash of Rs 1.50 lakh at around 11.15 am on Thursday.
He met an unknown person near the bank who said he was a customer of Supreme Agency and he owed Rs 3 lakh to the company.
He then told the complainant that his company office was on the second floor above Remy Studio, Mapusa and asked the complainant to accompany him to his office.
As he was leading the complainant to his office, the unknown person advised the complainant to handover the Rs 1.5 lakh to him as he would deposit it in the bank and in the meanwhile he could go to his office and collect the Rs 3 lakh.
The complainant gave him the cash and went to the second floor but couldn’t locate any office by that name.
It was then he realised he was tricked but by then the unknown man had made good his escape with Rs 1.5 lakh. Mapusa Police has booked an offence for cheating under Section 420 IPC. PSI Paresh Ramnathkar is investigating the matter.
