MUMBAI, Aug. 23 -- A father-son duo have been booked for defrauding a retired Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus conductor, his relatives, and his acquaintances of Rs.72 lakh. The accused promised the victims jobs at the State Bank and other government offices under the 'chief minister's quota' in exchange for a sum of money. The Meghwadi police identified the accused as Tanaji Ramchandra Shilimkar and his son Kushal. The victim, Mohan Kundalik Jadhav, is a resident of Gondavale village in Satara district. He met Tanaji while working as a BEST bus conductor at the Majas Depot in Jogeshwari. Tanaji, also a bus conductor there, grew close to him and they kept in touch even after Jadhav retired from BEST in 2022. Tanaji promised Jadhav that he would get his daughter a job at the State Bank. He said that he had often used the 'chief minister's quota' to get people jobs in government and semi-government offices, and could do so in exchange for some money. Jadhav paid the accused Rs.5 lakh to secure his daughter a job, and when she received an appointment letter a few days later, Jadhav's trust in Tanaji was deepened. From March 2022, to February 2023, Jadhav's elder brother, relatives, friends, and acquaintances too fell for the fraud, giving the accused a total of Rs.72 lakh in exchange for fake job appointment letters. Jadhav grew suspicious when his daughter and nephew went to the address mentioned in their letters but found no State Bank branch. When he questioned the accused, Tanaji told everyone that he would return the money. Jadhav then filed a complaint with the police, based on which a case was registered against Tanaji and his son. The duo will soon be arrested, the police said....