India, April 20 -- A conman posing as a Nagpur engineering student allegedly duped passengers at Mumbai airport by claiming he had lost his flight ticket and lacked money. Airport police have registered an FIR and suspect that the accused cheated at least three to four people.

The case came to light after a Pune-based sales manager, Akshay Gawade, 31, lodged a complaint. Gawade alleged he was duped of Rs.16,000 on March 21 after he landed at Mumbai domestic airport from Kolkata following an official trip.

Gawade told police that around 12.30pm, soon after stepping out of the domestic arrival gate, he was approached by a man who introduced himself as Nilaboyina Srigiridhara Aditya. The accused claimed to be a student of Visvesvaraya Nati...