July 26th 2023.
A retired couple from Vile Parle was the victim of a heartless scam on July 14. Shreepat Revgade, 63, a former senior postmaster and his wife, who also retired from postal service, were duped of ₹18 lakhs by two individuals identified as Vile Parle residents Henry Paul and Bhawana T.
The Revgades had been looking for a reputable aviation company to provide a three-month type rating course which was necessary for their son, Nitin, to find a job in India. Nitin had completed a pilot course at Miami Flying Academy, USA, in 2015 and had returned to India.
In June 2017, Shreepat Revgade came in contact with Henry Paul through a friend, who informed him that Henry was involved in recruitment for aviation companies. Henry Paul operated an Apollo intelligence security company and claimed to have numerous contacts in various aviation companies. When Revgade and his friend met Henry, they were accompanied by Bhawana, Henry's partner.
The fraudsters promised the couple that they would arrange the course and a job for their son with a high-ranking officer at Jet Airways. Henry and Bhawana requested the entire payment of ₹18 lakhs before the commencement of the course, with the remaining ₹ 3 lakhs to be paid after the course's completion. Revgade agreed and paid the money in instalments, amounting to a total of ₹21 lakhs.
For years, Henry and Bhawana kept promising the Revgades that the course and job were in order. However, when Jet Airways shut down in 2019, the Revgades started to suspect something was wrong. Despite their efforts to contact Henry and Bhawana, they received no answers. It was only in 2023 that the Revgades realized they had been taken advantage of and lodged an FIR at Vile Parle police station under sections 34 , 406 and 420.
Revgade said, "The fraudsters assured us of the course and job for son, therefore they were waiting. Finally, we realized these were fraud people so we lodged an FIR now."
It is tragic that someone could be so cruel and take advantage of an elderly couple. Hopefully, justice will be served on the perpetrators.
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