Mumbai, Nov 9: An unidentified man has been booked for allegedly posing as a senior police official and extorting over Rs 5 lakh from an engineer in the state capital, police said on Thursday.

According to Mumbai police, the scam took place on November 8 after the engineer received a call from a man who claimed to be speaking as a senior police official from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

After this, the accused took the names of several senior officers of the Maharashtra Police Force and extorted Rs 5 lakh and 85 thousand from the woman engineer.

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Shortly after the matter of fraud came to light, the woman lodged a complaint against the accused at the Vanrai Police Station in Goregaon, Mumbai.

The police have registered a case and are on the lookout for the absconding fraudster.

Further details into the matter are awaited.

(ANI)

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