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Romanian of Indian origin held for duping bizman of 25,000 euros

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The Mulund police on Friday arrested a 36-year-old Romanian national of Indian origin who allegedly duped a businessman of 25,000 euros by promising to export machinery from Romania for him.

The incident occurred in 2010, the police said, but the complainant, Tarvinder Singh Mokha, 35, a resident of Mulund (West), approached the police on November 15 this year, when he found out that the accused, Akhilesh Nariarya, was in town.

According to the police, Mokha had gone to Romania for an exhibition where he met Nariarya, who claimed that he exported metal works machinery to India. As Mokha was in the same line of business, they exchanged mobile numbers.

A few months later, when Mokha was in India, he got in touch with Nariarya and asked him if he could export metal works machinery to India from Romania. The accused agreed and sent photographs of the machinery.

A few days later, Mokha transferred 25,000 euros into the account given by the accused. However, following this, the accused did not get in touch with Mokha and, when the latter tried to call him, his calls went unanswered, the police added.

“The complainant said he did not approach us earlier because the accused was in Romania.

However, he recently found out that Nariarya had come to Mumbai. He was arrested by the Kurla police on November 12 in a similar case in which he had taken 38,000 euros from one Ashraf Khan using the same modus operandi,” said a police officer from Mulund police station.

Nariarya is currently in the custody of the Mulund police. He has been booked for criminal breach of trust and cheating and also under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.

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Tarvinder Singh Mokha, 35, a resident of Mulund (West), approached the police on November 15 this year, when he found out that the accused, Akhilesh Nariarya, was in town.

Mokha had gone to Romania for an exhibition where he met Nariarya, who claimed that he exported metal works machinery to India. A few months later, Mokha got in touch with Nariarya and asked him if he could export metal works machinery to India from Romania. The accused agreed.

A few days later, Mokha transferred 25,000 euros into the account given by the accused. Following this, the accused did not get in touch with Mokha and, when the latter tried to call him, his calls went unanswered.

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