India, March 21 -- Five cheating cases leading to an aggregate fraud worth Rs.56 lakh were registered in the city on March 19, said police.

In the first case, Tarik Abdul Rehmantambe (47), a resident of Kondhwa has lodged a complaint with Faraskhana police stating that Tabrez alias Raju Tambe, Juhi Tabrez alias Raju Tambe, both residents of Ambedkar Road, Camp and their associate Sehar Shaikh and others restrained the owners of the theatre from entering the property which they had given to them for upkeep, maintenance and management.

The accused cheated and defrauded the owners to the tune of an amount between Rs.15-16 lakh.

Sandeep Gill, deputy commissioner of police (zone I), said that a case under Bharati Nyay Sanhita (BNS) 126 (1),...