<p>Thane: Police in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>’s Thane district have booked a 42-year-old woman for allegedly duping a man of Rs 3.2 lakh under the pretext of helping him secure a railway job, an official said on Friday.</p>.<p>According to the Kalyan police, the woman promised to get the complainant the job of a helper with the Indian Railways and sought Rs 5 lakh for it.</p>.'Grandparent scam': 25 Canadians charged for defrauding US elderly of $21 million.<p>The complainant met the woman in a hotel in Kalyan and paid her nearly Rs 3.2 lakh in advance, the official said.</p>.<p>The accused then issued fake papers, passing them off as original documents issued by the Centre, Railway Ministry and Railway Recruitment Board, he said.</p>.<p>The complainant later figured out that he had been given bogus papers. When he asked her to refund his money, the woman was evasive, the official said.</p>.<p>Based on the man’s complaint, the Kalyan police on Wednesday registered a cheating and forgery case against the woman, the official said, adding that an investigation is underway. </p>
<p>Thane: Police in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>’s Thane district have booked a 42-year-old woman for allegedly duping a man of Rs 3.2 lakh under the pretext of helping him secure a railway job, an official said on Friday.</p>.<p>According to the Kalyan police, the woman promised to get the complainant the job of a helper with the Indian Railways and sought Rs 5 lakh for it.</p>.'Grandparent scam': 25 Canadians charged for defrauding US elderly of $21 million.<p>The complainant met the woman in a hotel in Kalyan and paid her nearly Rs 3.2 lakh in advance, the official said.</p>.<p>The accused then issued fake papers, passing them off as original documents issued by the Centre, Railway Ministry and Railway Recruitment Board, he said.</p>.<p>The complainant later figured out that he had been given bogus papers. When he asked her to refund his money, the woman was evasive, the official said.</p>.<p>Based on the man’s complaint, the Kalyan police on Wednesday registered a cheating and forgery case against the woman, the official said, adding that an investigation is underway. </p>