India, Sept. 30 -- A 48-year-old mobile repairer from Cotton Green was in for a shock when Income Tax and GST authorities demanded nearly Rs.32 crore in taxes from him over business transactions he said he knew nothing about. The Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has now registered a case alleging that his documents were misused by his acquaintance to open a company, bank accounts and conduct export business in his name.

The complainant, Mahendra Mhapankar, 48, lives with his family in Ferbunder, Cotton Green, and runs a mobile-repairing shop. Police said he was jobless during the pandemic when he met the accused, Sanjay Tambe, who was working as a clean-up marshal.

According to police, Tambe told Mhapankar that some of his f...