Pune man accuses son of flat documents theft, forgery to avail Rs 1 crore loan

PUNE: A grocery shopowner (63) from Dattawadi has lodged a complaint with the Chatushrungi police, accusing his “missing” son (34) of stealing documents of his flat and using them to avail Rs1.2-crore loan in 2020 from a bank in Aundh by forging his signature, before leaving their house.
The shopkeeper had lodged a missing person’s complaint with the Dattawadi police (now Parvati police) in 2020.He had no idea about the loan as he was not contacted by the bank during the lockdown period. The bank contacted him for the loan instalment in 2021. The shopowner then started collecting information, verified the loan documents over the next few months and realised that his signature was forged, the police said.
The shopkeeper formally lodged a cheating and forgery complaint with the Chatushringi police on Monday. He also stated that the bank officials were harassing him for repayment of the loan.
“We have registered a case of cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery and other offences against the shopowner’s son. We have also booked the bank officials and a direct sales agent (DSA) for failing to contact and verify with the complainant before disbursing the loan,” assistant police inspector Rajendra Kendre said.
The shopowner told TOI on Tuesday, “I am out of station and do not wish to make any comments on the issue for now.”
Kendre said, “The shopkeeper’s son assisted him in the shop till 2020. The complainant had purchased a ninth-floor flat in a housing society in Dattawadi and had paid for it through his income. The shopowner stated that his son stole the flat’s documents like Index-II form and registration papers from his cupboard sometime in 2018.”
He said, “In 2020, the complainant’s son got in touch with the bank’s DSA. The latter promised him help to secure the bank loan. The DSA introduced the shopkeeper’s son to a senior bank officer. He then initiated the loan process against the mortgage of the property and forged the complainant’s signatures to secure the loan. Later, the son left Pune. We are ascertaining the purpose for which the loan was availed.”
Kendre said, “We are now tracking the then officials of the bank officials and the complainant’s son. Things will be clear once we track down the bank officials.”