Accused Dinesh Bhimraj Patel was denied bail by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav on the ground of gravity and nature of offence.
Patel was arrested by the CBI on a complaint of one Dr Nootan Shukla.
Shukla alleged in his complaint that he was cheated of Rs 36.06 lakh by Patel in the name of lottery.
He had received an e-mail on September 29, 2011 which said he had won a lottery of one million pounds. He also received phone calls from Patel asking him to deposit money in different bank accounts in the name of "fee, anti-terrorist and anti-drug abuse clearance from UNO, transfer charges to RBI and revenue to the government of United Kingdom".
The complainant deposited Rs 36 lakh in three different accounts in Mumbai, which were opened by the accused by using fake identity documents.
When the complainant did not receive the lottery amount, he telephoned the alleged fraudster, who asked him to deposit another Rs 70 lakh as revenue to the UK government.
When Shukla expressed his inability to arrange the huge sum, the accused asked him to take loan and deposit the money in 4-5 days as afterwards he would be travelling to Dubai on an official tour.
The complainant then lodged a complaint with the CBI.
The probe agency apprehended Patel after an extensive serach. Patel was also identified by various officials of the bank where he had come for transactions, through CCTV footage.
The agency discovered that he had opened many bank accounts by using fake documents.
He has been slapped with charges of cheating and also under the Information Technology Act.
