Man booked for duping real estate developer of Rs 73 lakh

A man has been booked in Thane for allegedly duping a real estate developer of Rs 73 lakh, police said Sunday. The man had promised the victim of a housing complex redevelopment contract in October 2017 but later reneged after he pocketed the money, a Naupada police station official said.

"Documents of the redevelopment contract given by the accused to the victim turned out to be forged," he said. A cheating case has been filed but no arrests have been made so far, Assistant Inspector Hanmant Oholkar said.