Overview
- Police registered a cheating case under Section 318 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita based on a complaint by member Nilesh Nandre.
- Investigators say 205 people paid roughly Rs 20.05 lakh for annual memberships priced around Rs 10,000 to Rs 11,000, often via digital payments.
- The gym, identified in reports as Flexfit or Flat Fit near Hanuman Chowk in Mulund East, closed on August 9 without refunds following a dispute with the landlord.
- Navghar police are tracing payments, checking for similar complaints and will summon the accused, with arrests possible if they do not appear.
- Reports differ on the operators’ identities, naming Swapnil Nigot or Nigote along with a trainer called Salokhe or associates Ajinkya Bhandwilkar and Harshal Salunke.