Ludhiana, Oct. 6 -- A Madhya Pradesh resident along with his woman aide duped a 77-year-old Samrala resident of Rs.5 lakh on the pretext of booking air tickets. The police arrested the woman from Madhya Pradesh on Monday, while the key accused is on the run.

According to the police, after duping the elderly man of Rs.5 lakh, the accused had gone to Shimla for vacation.

The arrested accused has been identified as Madhvi Maravi, 25, of Madla of Madhya Pradesh. The police have also booked her aide Naveen. The accused used to work as loan agents in Madhya Pradesh.

Inspector Vinod Kumar, SHO at Cyber Crime Police station, Khanna, said Ajmer Singh of Nagra village, made a complaint to police on August 5 and reported cyber fraud.

The police ...