Two booked for defrauding Thane teacher of Rs 23 lakh to get MBBS seat for his daughter

Maharashtra’s Thane district police have registered a case against two people for defrauding a teacher of Rs 23 lakh by promising to secure a seat for his daughter in a Mumbai-based medical college, an official said on Saturday.

Prerna Banwarilal Sharma and Kabir Sarkar are accused of extorting Rs 33 lakh from Bhiwandi resident Afroz Anwar Qureshi between August 2021 and November 2022.

Both claimed that Qureshi’s daughter would get admission in a prestigious medical college in Mumbai under the management quota. Citing the complaint, the officer said that he also allegedly gave some fake documents regarding admission to the complainant.

When the complainant’s daughter did not get an MBBS seat despite a lot of efforts by her father, the accused returned Rs 10 lakh, the officer said. Later they became unreachable.

Acting on Qureshi’s complaint, Narpoli police on Thursday registered a case of cheating and forgery against Sharma and the government, the official said.

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