India, Aug. 11 -- A 31-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly duping an 80-year-old woman of Rs.14.35 lakh by accessing her mobile phone , police said, adding that the accused worked as a caretaker for the victim at her house in southwest Delhi's Dwarka.

Deputy commissioner of police (Dwarka) Ankit Singh said the octogenarian Manjush Rani Gupta, in her complaint last month, alleged that her former caretaker, Deepak Kumar Saini, accessed her bank account through her mobile without her knowledge and transferred Rs.14.35 lakh to his own account. Her bank statement was analysed and the allegation was found to be correct.

A case of theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master was registered under Section 306 of the Bha...