A conman who allegedly submitted property documents of an Andheri Lokhandwala resident to procure mortgage loans from Dena Bank as well as a finance company and siphoned off Rs 5 crore has been arrested.
Oshiwara police on Monday arrested Rajesh Dhanukar (45) under IPC sections for cheating, forgery, breach of trust and criminal conspiracy. He was produced before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate which has remanded him to police custody till July 28. Police have launched a search for his aides.
On July 12, police arrested his aide Ravindra Gambir, who spilled the beans on his whereabouts.
The complainant is Sangeeta Jhunjhunwala, a resident of Rushi Towers, Lokhandwala Complex. She had taken a loan of Rs 2.9 crore in 2016 from the Manish Nagar branch of Dena Bank by mortaging her twin flats. Dhanukar had helped her procure the loan. Police said she initially paid a few instalments. But after she started defaulting on her EMIs, she decided to sell off her flats worth Rs 6 crore. Dhanukar told her Rakesh Chakravarthy was interested in buying the properties.
Dhanukar drew up a sale deed agreement, NOC and other documents, including registration papers. Without her knowledge, Chakravarthy and Dhanukar allegedly mortgaged her twin flats to Fullerton India and took a loan of Rs 4.88 crore. “The duo, in connivance with officials of UCO Bank (Borivli branch), opened a fictitious account in the name of Sangeeta Jhunjhunwala and siphoned off the money by transferring it to 12 accounts belonging to their accomplices. The money was later transferred to the personal accounts of Dhanukar and Chakravarthy,” said an official.
The beneficiaries were Dhanukar, Chakravarthy and Gambir, said senior inspector Shailesh Pasalwar. The duo then allegedly made duplicate documents of Jhunjhunwala’s flats and handed over the papers to Dena Bank. The bank filed an application before the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court. It took possession of the flats and auctioned them. Dena Bank sold the flats to Haryana resident Sranik Jain. During probe, it transpired that the EOW, Versova police, Amboli police and Bandra police were looking for Dhanukar and his associates in similar cases.
Versova police are likely to take custody of Dhanukar in a cheating case where he, along with Hardik Gothi and his wife Nancy, allegedly conned an NRI of Rs 3 crore. The Gothis, who have been granted interim bailalleged they were duped by Dhanukar.
Oshiwara police on Monday arrested Rajesh Dhanukar (45) under IPC sections for cheating, forgery, breach of trust and criminal conspiracy. He was produced before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate which has remanded him to police custody till July 28. Police have launched a search for his aides.
On July 12, police arrested his aide Ravindra Gambir, who spilled the beans on his whereabouts.
The complainant is Sangeeta Jhunjhunwala, a resident of Rushi Towers, Lokhandwala Complex. She had taken a loan of Rs 2.9 crore in 2016 from the Manish Nagar branch of Dena Bank by mortaging her twin flats. Dhanukar had helped her procure the loan. Police said she initially paid a few instalments. But after she started defaulting on her EMIs, she decided to sell off her flats worth Rs 6 crore. Dhanukar told her Rakesh Chakravarthy was interested in buying the properties.
Dhanukar drew up a sale deed agreement, NOC and other documents, including registration papers. Without her knowledge, Chakravarthy and Dhanukar allegedly mortgaged her twin flats to Fullerton India and took a loan of Rs 4.88 crore. “The duo, in connivance with officials of UCO Bank (Borivli branch), opened a fictitious account in the name of Sangeeta Jhunjhunwala and siphoned off the money by transferring it to 12 accounts belonging to their accomplices. The money was later transferred to the personal accounts of Dhanukar and Chakravarthy,” said an official.
The beneficiaries were Dhanukar, Chakravarthy and Gambir, said senior inspector Shailesh Pasalwar. The duo then allegedly made duplicate documents of Jhunjhunwala’s flats and handed over the papers to Dena Bank. The bank filed an application before the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court. It took possession of the flats and auctioned them. Dena Bank sold the flats to Haryana resident Sranik Jain. During probe, it transpired that the EOW, Versova police, Amboli police and Bandra police were looking for Dhanukar and his associates in similar cases.
Versova police are likely to take custody of Dhanukar in a cheating case where he, along with Hardik Gothi and his wife Nancy, allegedly conned an NRI of Rs 3 crore. The Gothis, who have been granted interim bailalleged they were duped by Dhanukar.
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