India, Feb. 7 -- The Kulgaon-Badlapur police on Friday arrested four people for allegedly transferring an amount of Rs.74.50 lakh fraudulently from a tribal farmer's account to their own accounts. The money was paid to the farmer, Jijabai Divekar of Badlapur, as compensation by the state for acquiring large tracts of her land for the Jawaharlal Nehru Port-Vadodara Highway Project.

According to Divekar, who is also the complainant, the compensation amount was illegally transferred by the accused to their own accounts, taking advantage of her lack of awareness. She came to know about the fraud recently when she checked her account balance at the bank.

The police said the arrested accused, identified as Sanjay Giri, Bhagwan Chanche, Suresh...