Man poses as govt official, dupes Thane woman of Rs 12.5 lakh with IIT admission offer

THANE: (Apr 15) A man has allegedly cheated a Thane-based woman of Rs 12.5 lakh by posing as a senior government official and promising her son's admission to IIT Bombay, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, who resided in the same housing complex as the woman in the Diva area, posed as an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and claimed to have a strong influence in various government departments.

He assured the 45-year-old woman that he could secure admission for her son in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. "On this pretext, he collected Rs 12,50,000 from the victim over a period of time in 2023," an official from Mumbra police station said.