<p>A snack shop owner from Dahanu in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has been cheated of nearly Rs 6.5 lakh with the promise of getting a loan for his son under a central scheme, the police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The complainant told the police that accused Arvind Vinayak Baviskar offered to arrange a loan under the Centre’s Micro-Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) scheme that provides credit of up to Rs 10 lakh to small entrepreneurs.</p>.<p>Between January 2021 and November 2022, the accused allegedly collected Rs 6.5 lakh from the complainant on various pretexts, including charges towards the preparation of a project report, for the sanction of the loan in his son’s name, said an official.</p>.CBI files FIR against Gujarat firm, its directors and others for Rs 46.79-crore bank loan 'fraud'.<p>The accused handed him over fake documents claiming that that loan had been sanctioned.</p>.<p>When the complainant realised he had been conned, he approached the police.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil said a case has been registered against accused Baviskar under Indian Penal Code sections, including 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery) and 464 (making of a false document in the name of a fictitious person).</p>.<p>No arrest has been made so far, he added.</p>
<p>A snack shop owner from Dahanu in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has been cheated of nearly Rs 6.5 lakh with the promise of getting a loan for his son under a central scheme, the police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The complainant told the police that accused Arvind Vinayak Baviskar offered to arrange a loan under the Centre’s Micro-Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) scheme that provides credit of up to Rs 10 lakh to small entrepreneurs.</p>.<p>Between January 2021 and November 2022, the accused allegedly collected Rs 6.5 lakh from the complainant on various pretexts, including charges towards the preparation of a project report, for the sanction of the loan in his son’s name, said an official.</p>.CBI files FIR against Gujarat firm, its directors and others for Rs 46.79-crore bank loan 'fraud'.<p>The accused handed him over fake documents claiming that that loan had been sanctioned.</p>.<p>When the complainant realised he had been conned, he approached the police.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil said a case has been registered against accused Baviskar under Indian Penal Code sections, including 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery) and 464 (making of a false document in the name of a fictitious person).</p>.<p>No arrest has been made so far, he added.</p>