Woman 'caretaker' sends retired IIT professor to old age home; usurps his flats, assets of Rs 6 cr

The fraud involving more than Rs 6 crore, occurred between January 2017 and May 7 this year. The retired professor used to stay alone in the flat located in Glen Heights Apartment at Hirandani Garden in Powai

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MUMBAI: The Mumbai police have registered a case against a woman for allegedly duping an 82-year-old retired IIT professor by acting as his caretaker and getting his properties, including his three flats, transferred to her name after sending him to an old age home, officials said.

The total value of the properties and other assets was Rs 6 crore, they said.

"The incident came to light when the retired Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) professor's son, who stays in Pimpri area near Pune city came to Mumbai last month to meet his father, but found that the latter was not at home," an official of the Powai police station said.