Man dupes senior citizen of Rs 41 lakh

The JJ Marg police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly duping a senior citizen of Rs 41 lakh under the pretext of launching a television serial on Doordarshan channel. The accused has been identified as 52-year-old Riteshbhai Limbashiva.

According to the police, the complainant had sold his land in 2014 through Limbashiva. Taking advantage of this, Limbashiva knew that the complainant has money and was willing to invest.

The police said that since Limbashiva and the complainant hailed from the same village, they had a friendly relationship. Things turned sour in 2015 when Limbashiva told the complainant that he runs a film production company in Mumbai by the name of RR films and was producing a serial —Raftaar Zindagi Ki — for DD channel which would be aired in 2016.

The accused told the complainant that the budget for the serial is around Rs 1.5 crore and that he was falling short of Rs 50 lakh. He asked the complainant to invest in the serial and promised that he would receive a double profit margin. The unsuspecting victim agreed willingly and paid the amount through cheques in installment.

However, Limbashiva kept ignoring the complainant and even after two years neither the money was returned nor any serial was launched. "We learned after verifying with DD that no such serial is going to be launched by the accused," said a police officer.

THE TRAP

• The accused told the complainant that he runs RR films and was producing a serial for DD channel and was falling short of Rs 50 lakhs for its production.