A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly cheating a dozen women doctors on the pretext of providing them PG seats in AIIMS, police said on January 5.

The accused has been identified as Shahduzamman, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, they said. The matter came to light when a woman doctor lodged a complaint at Hauz Khas police station on December 21, 2020. The doctor said in her complaint that through Facebook, she came into contact with one Anshu Vinay who posed as a doctor in AIIMS.

He allegedly duped her of Rs 6 lakh on the pretext of helping her in getting a PG seat in AIIMS, Delhi. After taking money, he started avoiding her calls and switched off his phone, the officer said. "During investigation, the details of the bank account in which the money was deposited was analysed and the account was found in the name of Shahduzamman, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) said.

"On January 2, the location of the accused was found at PVR Anupam, Saket, following which a trap was laid and Shahduzamman was arrested while he was waiting for another woman doctor who was about to come to meet him for dealing of a seat in AIIMS," the Deputy Commissioner said. The accused disclosed that he has cheated over a dozen women doctors. He used to make fake profiles on Facebook, contacted women doctors and cheated them on the pretext of helping them in getting PG seats in AIIMS, Delhi, the DCP said. For the last three years, he was working as a cloth vendor in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and other places, and used to visit Delhi only when had to take money or get the money transferred into his bank account, the police said.