Archive · 24 Dec 2025
Five booked for swindling Thane businessman of $20,000
A businessman named Rajesh Amritlal Bhatia was tricked out of $20,000 by a family in Thane, Maharashtra.
The family promised to help him get traveller’s checks for his friend's daughter who was studying architecture in Dubai.
They took the money but never gave him the checks.
The police have filed a case against five family members, but they are still missing.
The businessman had been asked by a long-time friend to arrange the traveller’s checks, and he trusted the family because one of them worked in his friend’s office.
Five members of a family were booked for allegedly defrauding a businessman of $20,000 in Thane, Maharashtra.
The victim, Rajesh Amritlal Bhatia, was carrying $20,000 to arrange traveller’s checks for his friend's daughter studying in Dubai.
The accused, including two brothers, took the money under the pretext of having expertise in foreign travel documents.
The suspects provided evasive answers and fled with the currency when the victim returned to collect the checks.
The police have registered a cheating case, and the accused family members are currently at large.
- Who
- Rajesh Amritlal Bhatia, a businessman from Thane
- What
- Swindling of $20,000 under the pretext of foreign exchange services
- When
- November 6
- Where
- Kalyan area, Thane district, Maharashtra
- Why
- To assist with arranging traveller’s checks for the victim's friend's daughter
- Victim
- Rajesh Amritlal Bhatia
- Amount Swindled
- $20,000 (over Rs 17 lakh)
- Date of Incident
- November 6
- Location
- Kalyan area, Thane district, Maharashtra
- Accused
- Five members of a family, including two brothers
- Police Station
- Mahatma Phule Chowk police
- Investigating Officer
- Inspector Baliramsing Shankarshing Pardeshi