MUMBAI: The Mahim police have arrested three persons who posed as sales agents of a bank and duped a businessman of Rs 1.38 lakh on the pretext of upgrading his credit limit.The trio, Manish Dubey (26), Saraswati Ramdas Somaiya (28) and Prakash Anand Waghmare (24), have been remanded to police custody till October 21.The accused used to lure people by promising them upgradation of their credit limits.
After taking the cards and using them to withdraw cash from ATMs, they would hand them back to the victims, saying the bank had rejected their plea.
The police arrested the trio on the complaint of Srinivas Thevar, a trader dealing in computer software, said senior inspector (Mahim) Joe Gaikwad. A search resulted in the recovery of five credit cards and other documents. Thevar had gone to an ATM last month when the three accused approached him saying he should upgrade his credit limit.