Ghaziabad, March 5 -- A couple was arrested in Ghaziabad on Tuesday for cheating a senior citizen of Rs.11 lakh on various pretexts over the past year, police said. The accused were identified as Anil Kumar Singh, 38, and his wife Priti, 36, residents of Shakarpur in east Delhi. The victim was identified as Sitaram Pandey, 62, a resident of Vasundhara in Ghaziabad.

Pandey told police that he helped the couple get married 14 years ago as Priti's father was a family friend. He said that the couple often took money from him citing financial issues.

"In June 2024, I was told that the husband of Priti's sister, Neha, died by suicide and police picked up Priti and her husband. Priti called me saying that police were threatening to jail them u...