Mumbai police arrests man from Jharkhand for cheating software engineer of over Rs 31.67 lakh

MUMBAI: The Central region Cyber police on Friday arrested a 33-year-old ICWA drop-out for posing as a girl, befriending a city software engineer, promising to marry and cheating him of over Rs 31.67 lakh in two separate cases.

The accused Sayyed Saif Ahmed was arrested from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and has been remanded in city police custody till July 25. He used the money to play online games, said police. He would give English and Economics tuition to students in Jharkhand, said an investigator.

The 31-year-old victim had fallen in love with the ‘girl’ he had been chatting with for over a year and would send her money through the bank from his and his father’s joint accounts.