India, Aug. 23 -- A fitness trainer and his wife, who own a gym in Nalasopara, were booked on Thursday for allegedly duping a businessman of Rs.1.27 crore by promising him huge profits on investing in their gym.

According to the police, the accused husband and wife, Abhishek Singh and Poonam Shukla, approached their acquaintance, Ashok Van, a cosmetic shop owner from Prabhadevi, in 2022, requesting him to invest in their gym at Sitaram Complex in Nalasopara East. After they promised him huge profits, Van and his friend, Waljibhai Ravariya, collectively invested Rs.1.27 crore. Following this, the couple did not give him the profit they promised and when Van asked them to return his investment, the couple did not respond despite continuous...