Thane, Nov 27 (PTI) Four persons were booked for allegedly cheating a builder of Rs 40 lakh in Dombivali in Thane district, a police official said on Monday.

The accused promised the victim they could give him counterfeit notes with a face value of Rs 1.6 crore if he gave them Rs 40 lakh, the Manpada police station official said.

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"Between November 20 and 25, the accused first took Rs 1 lakh from him and then another Rs 39 lakh in a farmhouse. At the same time, other accused posing as policemen carried out what they claimed was a raid and confiscated all the money," he said.

On the complaint of the builder, the four persons were booked on Sunday under Indian Penal Code provisions for cheating, posing as a government servant, criminal breach of trust and other offences but are yet to be arrested, he said.

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The Manpada police station official identified them as Bhiwandi Nizampura Municipal Corporation's conservancy worker Swapnil Jadhav, driver Aadesh Bhoir, labour supplier Sachin Jadhav and Parivali grampanchayat clerk Akshay Gaikwad.

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