Thane, March 30 Police have registered a case against three individuals for allegedly defrauding a man from Thane district of Maharashtra of Rs 2.92 lakh by promising him a good job in Russia, officials said on Monday.
The accused assured the 38-year-old complainant, a carpenter from Badlapur (East), that they would arrange employment for him at a mall in Russia through a travel firm.
They promised to provide an employment visa along with the necessary arrangements, such as a passport, visa, and tickets, and took Rs 2.92 lakh from him between November 2025 and January this year.
"However, the complainant was allegedly sent abroad on a temporary visa instead of an employment visa," an official from the Bhiwandi police station said.
The complainant further alleged that after reaching Russia, he was made to perform strenuous work and not provided the job as promised. The accused also failed to return the amount taken from him, the official said.
Based on the complaint, the police registered a case on Saturday against two men and a woman under sections 318(4) (cheating), 316(2) (criminal breach of trust), 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he said.
The search for the accused was on, and the police were also verifying the role of the travel agency involved, the official said.