Rajasthan engineer poses as woman on dating app, cons Navi Mumbai bizman of Rs 33 lakh, nabbed from Dehradun

NAVI MUMBAI: Cyber crime police tracked down a 24-year-old engineer to Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and arrested him for duping a 54-year-old businessman from Koparkhairane of Rs 33.37 lakh.
He posed as a woman on a dating app and made the businessman pay for personal expenses by claiming it was needed for medical emergencies and college fees.
Gajanan Kadam, senior inspector of cyber crime police station said the arrested accused, Sanjay Meena, hails from Rajasthan. Between March and June last year, he chatted with the complainant posing as woman and established a love relationship.
He gradually gained his trust and made him transfer money by claiming it was needed for emergencies. The money was transferred into the bank accounts of his multiple girlfriends. Police traced him using technical expertise, said Kadam.