MUMBAI: The Mankhurd police have booked a group of people who under promise of giving 5 interest on the investment, collected Rs 5.13 crores from more than 125 persons and duped them.Police have booked the firm’s proprietor Amanat Ali Ansari, his partners Rahim Ansari, Ali Ansari and Nayeem Sarvar and Yogini Shirke. Police have booked the stringent act of Maharashtra Protection of interest of Depositor’s act and are looking for the accused.Though the number of victims are growing up and the figure of fraud could go up, a 31-year-old IT engineer Saeed Khan from Trombay has filed the cheating complaint alleging that he and more than 125 investors were duped of over ₹5.13 crore through an investment scheme promising 5 per cent monthly returns,.Khan has alleged that he was introduced about four years ago to Naeem Sarwar Musa Anjum, owner of a gym in the Chita Camp area. Naeem allegedly told him about an investment scheme run by Dream Sunshine Digital Pvt. Ltd., claiming that investors would receive 5 per cent monthly returns.Khan stated that Naeem later took him to the company’s office at Mohite Patil Nagar in Mankhurd, where he was introduced to Amanat Ali Ansari, who claimed to be the owner of the company. Two others, Rahim Abdul Ansari and Nawajis Ali Ansari, were introduced as partners, while Yogini Shirke was present as a company associate.The accused allegedly claimed that the company was involved in businesses such as Real Aussie water, sugar, dates and construction, and assured investors of steady monthly returns if they invested in the scheme.Trusting their claims, Khan initially invested ₹2 lakh in October 2022 from his ICICI Bank account. After he began receiving the promised returns for some time, he and several relatives invested additional amounts in the scheme. In total, Khan and his relatives invested ₹23.70 lakh between 2022 and 2026.However, the complainant stated that monthly payments stopped from February 2026. When he visited the company’s office to inquire, he found the office shut and several investors gathered there. He later learned that the accused had allegedly closed the office and fled.Police said the complainant alleged that the accused collectively cheated him, his relatives and about 125 investors of approximately ₹5.13 crores by collecting deposits on the promise of high returns but failing to repay the principal amounts or the assured profits.
