India, Aug. 24 -- A 77-year-old woman living alone in Kurla's Nehru Nagar has been cheated of her flats, gold and savings worth Rs.2.26 crore by her neighbour and three accomplices, who police say exploited her failing eyesight and trust to obtain her signatures on legal documents and siphon her assets.

According to Nehru Nagar police, the accused-identified as local residents Kadir Solanki, Jalaluddin Shaikh, and Akbar Saudagar, along with lawyer Yash Bhandare from Vasai-systematically sold off three properties belonging to the woman, Jayashree Chavan, and misappropriated her jewellery and cash.

The FIR, registered on the complaint of Chavan's cousin Arpana Warekar, 49, states that Jayashree, a retired Mazgaon Dock telephone operator, ...