The Bolinj police in Virar arrested a man accused of raping and defrauding a 36-year-old doctor. Police said the accused, Imamuddin Irfan, 38, has “duped and destroyed the lives” of over half a dozen professional women, including doctors and bankers, by falsely promising marriage and extorting money.

Police sources revealed that Imamuddin befriended the victim on a matrimonial site in 2022. Claiming to be a mechanical engineer and senior bank officer, he gained her trust, entered a physical relationship, and swindled her of lakhs of rupees.