A case of cheating has come to light in which two youths were allegedly duped of ₹23.43 lakh on the pretext of providing jobs in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The accused allegedly claimed that he was working with the BMC and promised to secure them supervisor posts in the water department. To gain their trust, he even provided fake joining letters and identity cards. However, the fraud was exposed after the cheques issued by the accused bounced. The Mumbai Police’s Kasturba Marg Police Station has registered a case and initiated an investigation.
According to police officials, the complainant, Chandra kishore Prasad (26), lives in an MHADA transit building in Kandivali West. He is currently preparing for the UPSC examination while residing in Mumbai. In July 2024, his friend Adarsh Shobhnath Yadav introduced him to Himanshu Mohan Mishra.
Mishra allegedly claimed that he was working with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and said there were two vacant posts of supervisor in the civic body’s water department. He assured the victims that they would definitely get the job if they paid money and promised to return the entire amount if the job did not materialise.
Believing the promise, Prasad paid the accused money in instalments between July 30, 2024 and November 2024. He transferred around ₹12 lakh from his bank account and also handed over ₹1 lakh in cash.
On August 3, 2024, near a tea stall outside the Kasturba Marg Police Station in Borivali East, the accused allegedly handed over a purported BMC joining letter and an identity card to Prasad. However, when Prasad was later called for an interview, the accused failed to appear, raising suspicion.
During the investigation, it also came to light that the accused had similarly cheated another youth, Shobhit Premnarayan Tripathi, of ₹10.43 lakh on the pretext of securing a job in the BMC.
When the victims demanded their money back, the accused reportedly reached a settlement before a notary near the Bandra Court and issued four cheques worth ₹22 lakh from his brother’s bank account. However, all the cheques later bounced.
Police have registered a case and further investigation into the matter is underway.