Fake journalist arrested in Navi Mumbai ₹19 lakh housing fraud case; multiple criminal cases registered against him
Shailendra Dev Prakash Dwivedi was apprehended at a hotel in Lonavala, Pune district, shortly after midnight on November 12, following a search based on technical analysis
Navi Mumbai Police have apprehended a man accused of posing as a journalist online and defrauding people of ₹19 lakh by falsely offering them discounted houses in Ulwe. The suspect, Shailendra Dev Prakash Dwivedi, also faces unrelated criminal charges in multiple Maharashtra cases since 2023. The police found Dwivedi hiding at a hotel in Lonavala after a technical search and produced him to a court, where he was placed in four days of police custody.
He is alleged to have collected the promised funds but failed to deliver the houses, prompting a criminal breach of trust and cheating complaint. Dwivedi had also allegedly threatened police officers and others on social media.
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