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Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Credit society agent in Mulund flees with ₹50 lakh from members
MUMBAI: A 33-year-old agent who fled with more than ₹50 lakh from depositors of a Mulund-based cooperative credit society was booked on Thursday for cheating. He had been working there as an agent for over a decade and had hence gained the trust of people and staff to convert their money into fixed deposit receipts. According to the police, Jai Maa Ambe Cooperative Credit Society in Mulund (West) has over 5,000 fixed deposit account holders. The society had appointed eight agents to collect money from people to deposit it in their fixed deposit (FD) accounts using a mobile phone app between 4pm and 8pm every day. The cash was physically deposited in the society's office around 11am the next day. The suspect, Jai Rajbhar, was hired as an agent in 2012. In the first week of April, two persons approached the society alleging that they had given ₹12 lakh in cash to Rajbhar three years ago to deposit in the society for getting good returns. Rajbhar had returned only ₹8 lakh and no accrued interest, as per the FIR. After the society's vice chairman and other officer bearers confronted Rajbhar, he made an entry in the mobile app to show acceptance of the money and returned ₹4 lakh. He continued working for the society after promising not to make such a mistake again. On April 22, when the complainant called Rajbhar, his mobile number was switched off. Rajbhar's father informed them that he had gone to his native place in Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. Later that day, nearly ten others visited the society with complaints that Rajbhar had collected money from them but did not generate FD certificates or receipts for the same. He had also collected money from some of them regularly. However, he did not deposit the same in their account. The police found that Rajbhar installed another mobile app named 'Khatabook' on his phone and also made the depositors install it. Through this, he made fake entries, and generated fake receipts and certificates. These entries reflected in the app-based accounts of the depositors, said a police officer. The accused had thus collected around ₹50 lakh from several people from August 2023 to April 18, 2025 and fled with the same, the officer added. Following a complaint by the vice president Nilesh Gupta, a cheating case was registered against Rajbhar and the police are searching for him, said Ajay Joshi, senior inspector of Mulund police station.
The Hindu
23-04-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Maharashtra govt. faces legal notice over decision to move Dharavi residents to Deonar dump yard
Mulund-based activist on Tuesday (April 22, 2025), sent a legal notice to the state government and the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner, demanding to cancel the cabinet decision of handing over of the Deonar dumping ground for the Dharavi rehabilitation project as it is violating the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Guidelines that clearly says no construction is allowed on the closed dumping ground for the next 15 years and the 500 meters area should be declared as a buffer zone. 'Maharashtra government has decided to give 124 acres of Deonar dumping ground to the 'Dharavi Rehabilitation Project' and a tender has been floated to restore the site by spending thousands of crores. Mulund dumping ground is also being considered for the same project,' said Mulund-based activist and lawyer Sagar Devre. Mr. Devre sent a legal notice on the grounds that high-rises of rotting mixed waste on Deonar and Mulund sites generate methane, causing 21 times more global warming than carbon dioxide and produce leachate (liquid generated by airless waste), which pollutes groundwater, so the construction for residential purpose is not suitable. Besides, Deonar is not even a closed landfill and is one of the top 22 methane spots in the country, releasing an average of 6,202 kg of methane every hour. The legal notice was sent to the Principal Secretary of the Urban Development Department and Environment Department and the BMC Commissioner. Giving reference to the law, the legal notice mentioned the rules under Schedule-I of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, which advocates for a buffer zone of 500 meters and Municipal Solid Wastes Rules, 2000, states that post-closure care of landfill sites shall be conducted for at least 15 years and use of closed landfill sites after 15 years can be considered for human settlement. Maharashtra government plans to hand over the Mulund Dumping ground and Octroi land to DRP., In a letter dated 10th January 2024, the State Housing Department to the Urban Development Department and BMC directed that a 46-acre dumping land parcel in Mulund and another 18 acres of Mulund octroi land be used to build rental housing for 3-4 lakh Dharavi residents ineligible, as per the notice.
