Businessman duped of Rs 25 lakh in fake police raid in Mumbai

After a week of deliberation, the businessmen agreed to proceed. On April 30, they arrived in Chembur, Mumbai, in a Toyota Fortuner, carrying ₹16.5 lakh and Rs 8.5 lakh respectively. There, they met Mungse and his associate, Dashrath Lohote (58), who took them to Swastik Chamber to meet another alleged accomplice, Mukund Jha.

Soon after, two unidentified men joined them—one wearing a white shirt and jeans, the other in a black shirt and cream trousers. They directed the group to drive to Pragati Building along the Eastern Express Highway.

Around 5 pm, as the businessman displayed the cash outside their vehicle, a white Maruti Ertiga arrived. Four men emerged carrying sticks and posed as police officers. In the chaos that followed, they seized the bag containing the cash, pretended to arrest the man in the black shirt, and fled toward Thane.

The businessman attempted to follow the car but lost track after several kilometres. “It became clear that Mungse, Lohote, Jha, the others, and the fake police officers were all part of a coordinated racket,” the complainant stated.

The victims filed a complaint at Nehru Nagar police station early Thursday. Police have registered a case of cheating and impersonation and are currently reviewing CCTV footage in an effort to identify the accused.