India, Oct. 6 -- A 50-year-old IT professional was defrauded of Rs.73.42 lakh after being lured into a fraudulent investment scheme by a woman he met on a dating app, police said on Sunday.

The man, identified as a resident of Jalvayu Vihar in Sector 56, said that his entire life savings were stolen on the pretense of earning big money, said officials.

A senior police official at the Cyber Crime Police Station (East), the victim filed a complaint stating that the woman pretended to be romantically interested in him. "The man working at an MNC claims to have first opened his account on the dating platform in early August, where he was contacted by the woman," official added.

Police said they soon became close friends and eventually move...