Mumbai: Man posing as police officer extorts over Rs 5 lakh from engineer
Nov 09, 2023
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 9 : An unidentified man has been booked for allegedly posing as a senior police official and extorting over Rs 5 lakh from an engineer in the state capital, police said on Thursday.
According to Mumbai police, the scam took place on November 8 after the engineer received a call from a man who claimed to be speaking as a senior police official from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
After this, the accused took the names of several senior officers of the Maharashtra Police Force and extorted Rs 5 lakh and 85 thousand from the woman engineer.
Shortly after the matter of fraud came to light, the woman lodged a complaint against the accused at the Vanrai Police Station in Goregaon, Mumbai.
The police have registered a case and are on the lookout for the absconding fraudster.
Further details into the matter are awaited.
