Businessman duped of Rs 76 lakh

Mumbai, Mar 25 (UNI) A businessman was allegedly cheated to the tune of Rs 76 lakh by a commission agent in the western suburb of Malad recently.

The complainant, Dinesh Pravesh Agarwal (33), in the first information report (FIR) registered yesterday with Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police said that Bharat Mahaprasad Sevak (42) had promised to make him avail a sum of Rs 35 crore as loan amount from a nationalised bank for the upgradation of business, according to the police.

However, Sevak allegedly gave Agarwal a fake demand draft and took Rs 76 lakh as commission from him before he went absconding.

A case of cheating has been registered against Sevak and further investigations were on, police added.

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