Man booked for cheating businessman of Rs 30 lakh over export of green chillies

THANE: (May 24) A 50-year-old man has been booked in Maharashtra’s Thane district for allegedly cheating a businessman of nearly Rs 30 lakh in connection with the export of green chillies to Dubai, police said on Sunday.

A case has been registered at the Dombivli police station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), an official said.

Police said the accused, a Mumbai resident, allegedly cheated a 35-year-old resident of Chinchpada in Dombivli East in Thane district, between February of this year and the present.