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Pune police arrest fake woman lawyer for cheating senior citizen of nearly Rs 6 lakh
The Pune city police Wednesday arrested a woman posing as a lawyer for allegedly cheating a senior citizen of Rs 5.94 lakh. The police have identified the accused as Snehal Harishchandra Kamble, 32, a resident of Loni Kalbhor.
A 63-year-old man from the Ahilya Nagar district lodged the First Information Report (FIR) in this case at the local police station on Wednesday. The police said the victim is not well-educated and unaware of legal issues. As per a press release issued on Thursday, Kamble allegedly told the elderly man that his daughter-in-law has filed a complaint of rape and harassment against him with the police and the State Commission for Women.
Posing as a lawyer, Kamble then allegedly offered legal services to the senior citizen. The police said Kamble allegedly took money from the victim from time to time, saying the money was required for 'bribing the cops and court staff,' to prevent his arrest in the case filed by his daughter-in-law.
The press release stated that from April 24 to May 28, the victim gave Rs 5,94,060 in cash and through online transactions to Kamble. But later he realised that Kamble had cheated him. So, he approached Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rajkumar Shinde for help.
DCP Shinde ordered a probe into this matter. Accordingly, a team led by police sub-inspector Ratnadeep Birajdar laid a trap and nabbed Kamble red-handed while accepting a cash of Rs 15,000 from the senior citizen at her office in Loni Kalbhor area on Wednesday.
The police said they did a video recording of Kamble as she took and counted the cash while pretending to be a lawyer. They have seized some FIR copies, court orders, property papers, complaint applications, and other documents from Kamble.
'We are probing whether the accused has cheated more people. We are seeking her custody from the court for further investigation,' said senior police inspector Rajendra Panhale. The police have booked Kamble under Sections 308 (2) (3), 318 (4), 319 (1)(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
