A two-year-long chase for a serial fraudster who vanished after duping people of crores of rupees ended in Delhi, thanks to Mumbai police’s sharp phone surveillance. The accused, who had been constantly changing numbers to stay off the grid, was finally traced to a flat in Jangpura, in Delhi, where he was hiding with a struggling South Indian actress he was allegedly trying to launch into films using the stolen money.

The Borivli police have arrested an absconding fraud accused who had been on the run for two years after allegedly duping two individuals of crores by promising high returns on investments in Borivli and Goregaon. In June 2023, the police discovered that the accused, Sunil Parasmal Lodha, 38, had mysteriously vanished from his Malad residence. A missing person’s report was subsequently filed by Lodha’s wife at the Dindoshi police station.