The Mumbai police recently arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly duping vacationers on the pretext of online booking of villas and bungalows. He would often stay put in luxury hotels to evade arrest, a police officer said stating he faces nearly 20 such cases.

The arrest came on a complaint filed by a woman who claimed she was cheated of R90,000 after she tried to make an online booking for a villa at Alibaug for a vacation.