India, Aug. 8 -- A couple has been booked for allegedly cheating six doctors of nearly Rs.40 lakh after promising to lease them a property in Malad for a multi-speciality hospital, only for the doctors to later discover that the premises had been mortgaged. Police said the accused returned only Rs.10 lakh despite repeated demands, prompting the victims to approach the Charkop police five years later.

The accused, Pawan Bairagara and Urmila Bairagara, have been booked for cheating and criminal breach of trust.

According to the complaint, Dr Sagar Vilas Karvir, who runs Ayush Nursing Home in Kandivali, and five other doctors were searching for a larger premises to start a hospital. During treatment at Karvir's nursing home, the couple all...