New Delhi, April 17 -- With the arrest of a 35-year-old man from West Bengal this week, Delhi Police say, they have finally ended the 'streak' of a swindler who cheated over 500 women across dating apps, matrimonial websites, and social media in the last seven years - without meeting them once. In total, police said, he had more than 30 active social media accounts where he posed as everything from a doctor and film producer to a businessman.

Police said they arrested the accused, Anand Kumar, from 24 Parganas region on Tuesday. He had nine gold jewellery pieces and Rs.2 crores across seven betting app accounts, where he would receive the money to avoid detection. He used this money buy gold and play online games.

He allegedly targeted ...