Mumbai yoga teacher duped of Rs 3.36 lakh by man she met on dating app

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A 46-year-old Mumbai yoga teacher has allegedly been duped of Rs 3.36 lakh by a man whom she met on a dating app, police said, reported news agency PTI.

The man, Amit Kumar, claimed to be a doctor staying in Manchester, England, an official said on Wednesday, reported PTI.

The woman, resident of Churchgate area in south Mumbai, got acquainted with the man on the dating app recently and interacted with him, he said, reported PTI.

After being in touch for a couple of days, both of them exchanged phone numbers and started chatting on WhatsApp.

On April 25, the man told the Mumbai yoga teacher that he has sent her a gift which she has to collect, the official said, reported PTI.

After some days, a woman claiming to be from a courier company in Delhi called the Mumbai yoga teacher and said there was a gift for her from Manchester.

The caller demanded money from the victim to complete formalities for sending her the gift, the official said.

The victim allegedly deposited Rs 3.36 lakh into various accounts specified by the caller, he said, reported PTI.

The Mumbai yoga teacher later realised that she was being cheated, following which she approached the Marine Drive police on Tuesday and filed a complaint, reported PTI.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered against the man and the caller under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act and a probe was on into it, the official said.

In another case, police have registered a case against two brothers for allegedly duping a transporter of Rs 22.50 lakh in Maharashtra's Thane city, an official said, reported PTI.

The two accused worked as operations manager and goods loading in-charge with the transporter's firm here.

Since March, the accused duo fabricated payment details of the company's truck and trailer drivers working and allegedly drew payments of vehicle cleaners while no such persons worked with the transporter, the official from Naupada police station said, reported PTI.

This came to light during the inspection and audit of the firm's accounts.

The two accused later fled from their residence in Thane and took away the mobile phones and a laptop given to them for official use, thus duping the transporter collectively of Rs 22.50 lakh, the police said, reported PTI.

Following a complaint by the transport firm's owner, the police on Tuesday registered a case against the two accused under Indian Penal Code sections 408 (criminal breach of trust), 379 (theft) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), the official said.

(With inputs from PTI)