NAVI MUMBAI: A fake scientist and two of his accomplices were arrested on Thursday for allegedly trying to cheat a Vikhroli businessman. The accused claimed to have invented an instrument and were trying to sell it to him.
The victim, Sanjay Pal (32), was acquainted with one of the accused, a woman, who is a real estate agent. She claimed to know a scientist who had invented a rice cooler and convinced Pal that if he invested Rs 4.5 lakh, he could make a profit of Rs 1,000 crore if they sold it to NASA. After Pal met the scientist on Tuesday, he was convinced about the invention and gave him Rs 50,000.
However, Pal realized that the instrument was a normal vessel and lodged a complaint with the crime branch unit 1 in APMC and an FIR was filed with the NRI police on Wednesday. The cops laid a trap for the trio on Thursday and nabbed them when they arrived to collect the remaining money from Pal.