Fake CMO official, 3 others booked for duping jeweller of Rs 2.8 cr in Mumbai

Mumbai Police have registered a case against a man, who allegedly posed as an officer at the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), and three others for allegedly cheating a jeweller of Rs 2.8 crore, officials said.

The 57-year-old jeweller, Shailesh Jain, approached the Lokmanya Tilak Marg Police



Station here on November 28 with a complaint against four persons, an official said on Monday.

In his complaint, Jain said that in January 2024, he came in contact with a man, identified as Vaibhav Paresh Thakar (32), who claimed to be a Class I officer working in the Chief Minister’s Office.