Thane doctor duped of Rs 1.54 crore under pretext of funds for hospital, FIR filed

Thane: The Bhiwandi police registered a case after a woman doctor has lodged a complaint alleging that four persons, including two doctors have duped her of Rs 1.54 crore under the pretext of arranging funds for a hospital in the Thane district of Maharashtra.

Police have registered a case against four persons, including two doctors, for allegedly cheating a woman doctor of Rs 1.54 crore under the pretext of arranging funds for a hospital in Thane district of Maharashtra, an official said on Thursday.

The victim and the accused were partners in a healthcare company. 

In May 2021, the accused informed the victim that a hospital in Bhiwandi area which their company was managing was running into losses and asked her take a loan in her husband’s name for managing operations of the medical facility.

However, the accused allegedly misappropriated an amount of Rs 1,54,17,500 from it and utilised it for their benefits without the victim’s knowledge, the complaint mentioned.

Based on the complaint, the police on Monday registered a case against the four persons under Indian Penal Code sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention), the official said.

A probe was on into the case.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in another incident of online fraud, a 31-year-old doctor residing in Navi Mumbai fell prey to a fraudulent scheme, losing Rs 1 lakh after ordering a lipstick worth Rs 300 from an e-commerce portal.