Overview
- Police apprehended Tarkeshwar Gorakhnath Pandey, also known as Rohit Pandey, on November 27 at a Thane hotel and handed him to Bhayandar police.
- He allegedly contacted a 57-year-old jeweller in July through an online real estate listing for a flat and presented a cheque of Rs 66 lakh as an advance.
- Using the cheque to build credibility, he obtained 249.350 grams of gold jewellery valued at Rs 27.5 lakh, then ordered a stop-payment and vanished.
- Bhayandar police registered a case on September 16 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 318(4) for cheating and 316(2) for criminal breach of trust.
- Officials describe him as a habitual offender with multiple cheating cases in Thane and Mumbai, including matters dating back to 2000.