Thane, May 28 -- Police have launched a search for a 62-year-old man accused of cheating a 73-year-old woman from Thane district out of more than 57 lakh under the pretext of marriage, police said on Wednesday.
According to officials at Vishnu Nagar police station, the victim, a resident of Nana Shankarshet Road in Dombivli, met the accused through his matrimonial advertisement in a newspaper.
Gaining her trust, he promised marriage and a comfortable life together in Pune.
The suspect convinced the woman to transfer 35 lakh for the purported purchase of a house in Pune, providing her with fake receipts and forged property documents.
He later stayed at her residence, during which he allegedly stole gold ornaments worth around 20 lakh, a...