Thane: A man has allegedly cheated a Thane-based woman of Rs 12.5 lakh by posing as a senior govt official and promising her son’s admission to IIT-Bombay, police said on Wednesday.The accused, who resided in the same housing complex as the woman in the Diva area, posed as an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and claimed to have a strong influence in various govt departments. He assured the 45-year-old woman that he could secure admission for her son. “On this pretext, he collected the total amount from the victim over a period of time in 2023,” an official from Mumbra police station said. However, when the promise did not materialise and the woman questioned him, the accused gave evasive replies. The woman approached the police with a complaint earlier this week.An FIR was registered on Monday against the accused under relevant legal provisions for cheating, forgery and impersonation, the official said.
