Fashion designer arrested only after playing 100 cons
A conwoman was arrested by the Churchgate railway police on Wednesday evening for allegedly cheating more than 100 people by promising them easy loans from any bank and demanding 5% from them as commission.
Pinky Kailash Vohra, 31, a resident of Mira Road, was arrested for forgery and cheating. She was remanded in police custody till December 12 by the Mumbai Central Railway court on Thursday.
According to senior police inspector Megha Kadam of Churchgate railway police station, it was revealed that Vohra had completed a diploma course in fashion designing five years ago, but was unable to support her family.
The convent-educated Vohra speaks fluent English. Kadam added that Vohra is unmarried and was staying in a rented room in Goregaon for the past one year.
According to the police, Vohra read a news report six months ago about a fugitive conman from Delhi who duped several people by promising them huge loans from various banks and made lakhs of rupees by accepting a 5% commission.
Inspired by the idea, Vohra began putting up advertisements in English newspapers in the city claiming to help people get loans. She would meet clients at InOrbit Mall in Goregaon and Dadar railway station.
In November 2011, victim Johnson Ammanna approached Vohra for a bank loan of Rs2 lakh. Vohra met him at Grant Road on November 24, allegedly gave him a cross cheque of Rs2 lakh from Andhra Bank and took Rs10,000 in cash as commission. After the cheque bounced, Ammanna realised he was cheated and lodged a complaint of cheating at Churchgate railway police station.
During investigation, the bounced cheque was found to belong to a man named Chetan Adangale, a customer of the Rajkot branch of Andhra Bank. Adangle had approached Vohra a few days prior seeking a loan of Rs8 lakh for a new business venture. She took three blank cheques with Adanagle's signatures before giving him the 'loan'. Vohra used one of these blank cheques to cheat Ammanna.
The police then collected Vohra's call details from a mobile phone company and set up a trap for her. Vohra was caught red-handed at InOrbit Mall by a police team comprising RT Rathod, YD Jadhav and AR Patil, added Kadam.
A conwoman was arrested by the Churchgate railway police on Wednesday evening for allegedly cheating more than 100 people by promising them easy loans from any bank and demanding 5% from them as commission.
Pinky Kailash Vohra, 31, a resident of Mira Road, was arrested for forgery and cheating. She was remanded in police custody till December 12 by the Mumbai Central Railway court on Thursday.
According to senior police inspector Megha Kadam of Churchgate railway police station, it was revealed that Vohra had completed a diploma course in fashion designing five years ago, but was unable to support her family.
The convent-educated Vohra speaks fluent English. Kadam added that Vohra is unmarried and was staying in a rented room in Goregaon for the past one year.
According to the police, Vohra read a news report six months ago about a fugitive conman from Delhi who duped several people by promising them huge loans from various banks and made lakhs of rupees by accepting a 5% commission.
Inspired by the idea, Vohra began putting up advertisements in English newspapers in the city claiming to help people get loans. She would meet clients at InOrbit Mall in Goregaon and Dadar railway station.
In November 2011, victim Johnson Ammanna approached Vohra for a bank loan of Rs2 lakh. Vohra met him at Grant Road on November 24, allegedly gave him a cross cheque of Rs2 lakh from Andhra Bank and took Rs10,000 in cash as commission. After the cheque bounced, Ammanna realised he was cheated and lodged a complaint of cheating at Churchgate railway police station.
During investigation, the bounced cheque was found to belong to a man named Chetan Adangale, a customer of the Rajkot branch of Andhra Bank. Adangle had approached Vohra a few days prior seeking a loan of Rs8 lakh for a new business venture. She took three blank cheques with Adanagle's signatures before giving him the 'loan'. Vohra used one of these blank cheques to cheat Ammanna.
The police then collected Vohra's call details from a mobile phone company and set up a trap for her. Vohra was caught red-handed at InOrbit Mall by a police team comprising RT Rathod, YD Jadhav and AR Patil, added Kadam.
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