Colaba resident orders for a wine bottle; cheated of Rs 32,470

A 27yearold Colaba resident was cheated for Rs 32000 on the pretext of delivering wine bottles at home Bhavani Rathod a resident of Colaba wanted to order 2 wine bottles from a nearby wine shop and was looking out for a contact number for the sameBhavani then managed to find a contact number of a nearby wine shop and dialled it The person on the other line then asked him to pay for the alcohol via an online transaction After sharing the OTP for his payment Bhavani realized that had been cheated for Rs 32470 A case was then filed at the Colaba Police station against an unknown personAlso ReadMan sodomised by gang beer bottle and toothpicks inserted in anusOn June 17 2019 at around 515 pm Bhavani Rathod wanted to order a bottle of win When he began searching for contact numbers via Google he came across a store named Sanjeev Wine ShopA person named Mahavir picked up the call I then asked him if he had a particular brand of wine to which he replied positively Furthermore I asked him to deliver the product at my residence and he answered in the positive said Bhavani in his statement to policeAlso Read26yearold man works as delivery boy in the day robs people at nightThe guy asked Bhavani to transfer the payment online in order for the home deliveryHe asked for my debit card number and also said that I would receive an OTP which I would need to share with him for the payment to go through As he stated I received a couple of OTPs which I shared from my account But soon I received messages of withdrawal of Rs 32470 from my account added BhavaniWhen Bhavani contacted the shop again and told Mahavir about the amount being withdrawn the latter replied saying that it was by an error and the money would be transferred back However neither the money nor the order reached BhavaniAfter a day passed and he did not receive any reply or update Bhavani realised that he was cheated online He then went to the Colaba police station and registered a complaintWe have registered the complaint under IPC section 420 cheating and relevant section of IT Act 2000 It looks like the accused has edited the contact number available online of the wine shop We request all the users to crosscheck while dealing with online transactions said an officer from Colaba police stationTop five news stories of the dayDrunken goons thrash Alt Balajis film crew Mumbai cops extort Rs 50000Four drunk goons allegedly assaulted the crew of Alt Balajis upcoming show Fixxer on Ghodbunder Road on Wednesday The cast mdash Mahie Gill Tigmanshu Dhulia Shabbir Ahluwalia and Karishma Sharma mdash escaped but director of photography Santosh Thundiyil required six stitches to his head while director Soham Shah was beaten so badly he had convulsions Read full storyMumbai Forensic lab returns Rajesh Marus fingers which were stuck in MRI machineThe family of Rajesh Maru who died in a freak accident in the MRI room of Nair Hospital in January 2018 has received his fingers that were stuck in the machine for a few days and later kept at Kalina Forensic Library for almost 18 months The 32yearold died after being sucked into the MRI machine while he was helping an ailing relative Read full storyMumbai Crime Jilted lover burns girls fathers bike in VasaiThe Vasai Manikpur police on Wednesday arrested a 22yearold for allegedly setting three bikes on fire The bikes were parked near Krishna Township in Vasai East when the incident recorded in a CCTV camera nearby took place The video footage shows a man wearing a windcheater and shorts walking into the residential complex and setting one bike parked between two others on fire by removing the petrol tube of the bike He fled the spot immediately after Read full storyMumbai Rains No need to worry water reserve stock will last till July 31 says BMCThere will not be additional water cut in the city as reserve stock has enough water to last till July 31 civic officials have said The assurance comes even as water level in the lakes are depleting due to the delay in monsoon arrival in the state Read full storyMumbai Prepare to cough up Rs 10000 fine for illegal parking from July 7Is the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC looking at making parking an additional source of revenue or is it just aiming at decongesting roads by putting an end to the illegal parking menace Whatever it might be from July 7 the civic body doesnt want vehicles parked on roads After increasing parking charges it now plans to identify roads in a 1km radius of public parking lots and mark them as noparking zones People found parking in these areas would be fined anything between Rs 1000 and Rs 10000 and in case of a repeat offence vehicles would be towed away Noparking boards would also be put up on arterial roads Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates