The police have registered a case of cheating against a man and his firm for allegedly duping nine home buyers of more than Rs 85 lakh at Koparkhairane in Navi Mumbai, an officer said on Tuesday.

The case was filed against Bajrang Tukaram Patil and his company, SB Enterprises, under sections 420 (cheating) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Koparkhairane police station on Monday, reported news agency PTI.