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Team India fast bowler Umesh Yadav (AP Image)
Indian fast bowler Umesh Yadav has filed a complaint against his former manager after he was duped of Rs 44 lakh.
Indian fast bowler Umesh Yadav has been allegedly duped of Rs 44 lakh by his friend-turned-manager on the pretext of purchasing a plot in his name in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city. The police gave this information on Saturday.
A police official said that on the complaint of Yadav, a resident of Nagpur, a case of cheating has been registered against Shailesh Thackeray.
Thackeray (37) is a resident of Koradi and a friend of Yadav.
No arrest has been made yet.
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Citing a First Information Report (FIR), the officer said that after Yadav was selected as a member of the Indian cricket team, he appointed his friend Thackeray as his manager on July 15, 2014, as he was unemployed.
“Thackeray gained Yadav’s trust over time. He started handling all the financial matters of Umesh Yadav. He looked after Yadav’s bank account, income tax and other financial work.”
The official said Yadav was looking for land in Nagpur to buy and asked Thackeray.
“Thackeray located a plot in a barren area. He told Yadav that he would get it for Rs 44 lakh. Yadav deposited Rs 44 lakh in Thackeray’s bank account. However, Thackeray had bought the plot in his name.”
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When Yadav came to know about the fraud, he asked Thackeray to transfer the plot in his name, but the latter refused to oblige. He also refused to return the money, the officer said.
“Yadav lodged a complaint with the police in Koradi, following which a case was registered under sections 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating and thereby dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code,” the official said. was done.”
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