Thane, A 24-year-old female dentist from Maharashtra's Thane district has accused a man whom she met on a matrimonial site of defrauding her of Rs 1 lakh. An official gave this information on Thursday.

The complainant, a resident of Mira Road, told the police that she came in contact with the accused Rahul Dadhich in 2023 and a conversation started between them.

Last month, Dadich allegedly took Rs 1.54 lakh from the dentist on some pretext but stopped communicating with him after some time.

The dentist, who realized that he had been cheated, lodged a police complaint on Wednesday, the station house officer of Nayanagar police station said, adding that Dadich has been booked for cheating under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Has been done