India, Oct. 22 -- The Vikhroli police registered an FIR on Monday against two men for allegedly defrauding a cancer patient, under the guise of providing him a cheap MHADA house from a "special scheme" for cancer survivors. The police said the accused were booked in the past for posing as government officers and duping several others to the tune of Rs.75 lakh after promising them government jobs.

According to the recent FIR, Jeetendra Thokale, 53, who lives in Vikhroli East with his wife, daughter, and two sisters, was cheated from January to August 2023. "One of his sisters, Jayshree Thokale, is fighting fourth-stage cancer. He regularly visits a medical store to buy her medicines," said a police officer. "A year after he met one accuse...