Police register case against three for cheating Rs 2.92 lakh over fake Russia job offerThane:

Police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly cheating a man from Maharashtra's Thane district of Rs 2.92 lakh under the pretext of providing him a good job in Russia, officials said on Monday.

The accused assured the 38-year-old complainant, a carpenter from Badlapur (East), that they would arrange employment for him at a mall in Russia through a travel firm.

They promised to provide an employment visa along with the necessary arrangements, such as a passport, visa and tickets, and took Rs 2.92 lakh from him between November 2025 and January this year.

"However, the complainant was allegedly sent abroad on a temporary visa instead of an employment visa," an official from Bhiwandi police station said.

The complainant further alleged that after reaching Russia, he was made to perform strenuous work and not provided the job as promised. The accused also failed to return the amount taken from him, the official said.

Based on the complaint, the police registered a case on Saturday against two men and a woman under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 318(4) (cheating), 316(2) (criminal breach of trust), 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 3(5) (common intention), he said.

Search was on for the accused, and the police were also verifying the role of the travel agency involved, the official said.