A 27-year-old real estate agent was arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch cyber cell for posing as Salman Khan’s brother-in-law Aayush Sharma and duping people. The 27-year-old cheated people by promising them film roles or by promising admission to their children in Dhirubhai Ambani International School.
According to Mumbai Mirror, the 27-year-old was identified as Harshal Sudhakar Bhalerao. Bhalerao made a fake Facebook profile under the name of Aayush Sharma, Salman Khan’s sister Arpita’s husband. Through this, he befriended people by promising them admission to the prestigious Mumbai-based Dhirubhai Ambani International School for their children in exchange for money, or also promised them roles in the Hindi film industry.
The incident came to light when a resident of Kolkata, Rajat Chatterjee sent an email to Dhirubhai Ambani International School, claiming that he had paid Rs 1,02,000 for his son Shrijit’s admission in UKG (Upper Kindergarten) for which he had a receipt. The school then cross-checked and didn’t find any entry. Then, he approached Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) police station and lodged a complaint. Later, the case was transferred to Unit VIII of Mumbai Crime Branch. And the cyber cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch traced Bhalerao to Kalyan and arrested.
Bhalerao has been booked under section 419 for cheating by impersonation, 420 for cheating, 468 for forgery for cheating, 469 for forgery for the purpose of harming the reputation and under the IT Act 66 D for cheating by impersonation by using computer resource.