MUMBAI: A dairy owner has lodged a police complaint against a fake BMC officer for extorting money from him. The accused had declared that the paneer being sold in the dairy was adulterated and that the dairy owner would have to serve time in prison. Dahisar Police have registered an FIR and are probing further.
According to the complainant, the accused walked into his dairy on October 4. The complainant was away on a pilgrimage at the time. The accused said he wished to purchase 100 gm paneer. But when the dairy staff handed him the product, he claimed that the paneer was adulterated and threatened to seal the shop. There were two others with the accused who took photographs of the paneer sample.
The accused then dialled the dairy owner from his staffer’s phone and said he was a BMC officer. He threatened the accused that the latter would be fined Rs 2 lakh and jailed for a year for selling adulterated paneer. At this, the complainant directed his staff to transfer some money to the accused. The staff transferred Rs 3,000 by GPay and paid him Rs 2,000 in cash.
But the accused was not satisfied and bellowed that he would teach them a lesson, before leaving with the paneer.
When the dairy owner returned from the pilgrimage and made inquiries, he learnt that the accused was a social worker and not a BMC officer. He then lodged a complaint with the Dahisar police.
According to the complainant, the accused walked into his dairy on October 4. The complainant was away on a pilgrimage at the time. The accused said he wished to purchase 100 gm paneer. But when the dairy staff handed him the product, he claimed that the paneer was adulterated and threatened to seal the shop. There were two others with the accused who took photographs of the paneer sample.
The accused then dialled the dairy owner from his staffer’s phone and said he was a BMC officer. He threatened the accused that the latter would be fined Rs 2 lakh and jailed for a year for selling adulterated paneer. At this, the complainant directed his staff to transfer some money to the accused. The staff transferred Rs 3,000 by GPay and paid him Rs 2,000 in cash.
But the accused was not satisfied and bellowed that he would teach them a lesson, before leaving with the paneer.
When the dairy owner returned from the pilgrimage and made inquiries, he learnt that the accused was a social worker and not a BMC officer. He then lodged a complaint with the Dahisar police.
