Maha Man duped of Rs 72 lakh in rice-puller scam one held
Thane Dec 28 PTI A man was allegedly duped of Rs 72 lakh by a gang that lured him to invest in a testing device in Bhiwandi of Maharashtras Thane district police said on Tuesday Based on a complaint the police on Tuesday arrested one Nurulhuda Khan 37 while a hunt has been launched for six more accused who cheated the victim over a period of six years an official said An offence under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the IPC has been registered with Shanti Nagar police station under the Bhiwandi division he said According to the police the accused lured the victim to invest in a testing device which they said can be sold to a US-based authority for crores The gang collected Rs 72 lakh from the victim in various forms between 2016 and 2021 the official said Rice-puller scams are common in rural parts of the country Gangs carrying out such scams try to convince people to invest in machines that test copper-iridium an alloy which they claim is highly valuable for its magnetic power and go about demonstrating this quality by pulling rice usually a trick involving mixing the grains with iron particles PTI COR ARU ARU
Thane Dec 28 PTI A man was allegedly duped of Rs 72 lakh by a gang that lured him to invest in a testing device in Bhiwandi of Maharashtras Thane district police said on Tuesday Based on a complaint the police on Tuesday arrested one Nurulhuda Khan 37 while a hunt has been launched for six more accused who cheated the victim over a period of six years an official said An offence under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the IPC has been registered with Shanti Nagar police station under the Bhiwandi division he said According to the police the accused lured the victim to invest in a testing device which they said can be sold to a US-based authority for crores The gang collected Rs 72 lakh from the victim in various forms between 2016 and 2021 the official said Rice-puller scams are common in rural parts of the country Gangs carrying out such scams try to convince people to invest in machines that test copper-iridium an alloy which they claim is highly valuable for its magnetic power and go about demonstrating this quality by pulling rice usually a trick involving mixing the grains with iron particles PTI COR ARU ARU
