Mumbai Crime: 32-Year-Old Pune Woman Held At CSMI Airport In Alleged ₹1.13 Crore MBBS Admission Fraud; Husband On Run
Mumbai, August 19, 2026: The Powai police have arrested a 32-year-old Pune woman who allegedly cheated a Dubai-based Indian businesswoman of Rs 1.13 crore by promising to secure her daughter's admission to an MBBS course at a medical college in Mumbai or Pune. The accused, Saumya Karan Bothara, was apprehended at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on August 13, when she was…
On August 19, 2026, a 32-year-old woman from Pune named Saumya Karan Bothara was arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. She was allegedly involved in a fraud case where she promised to secure an MBBS admission for a Dubai-based Indian businesswoman's daughter, in exchange for Rs 1.13 crore. The accused husband, Karan Dilip Bothara, remains at large.
The case began in 2022 when the victim, Hemlata Jagdish Joshi, approached the Bothara couple for help in securing her daughter's admission to a medical college in Mumbai or Pune. Bothara allegedly assured Joshi that he could arrange the admission for Rs 3.20 crore, but the promised admission never materialised. Joshi handed over Rs 1.13 crore as an advance, but the accused failed to return it.
When she demanded repayment, Bothara allegedly issued dishonoured cheques. The couple was initially granted anticipatory bail by a Mumbai court, but their plea was later rejected by the Dindoshi Sessions Court and the Bombay High Court. Saumya Bothara was later detained at Mumbai airport on August 13 and arrested by the Powai police.
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