Bhubaneswar, Oct. 20 -- Puri Police arrested a man on Monday who was accused of posing as an Additional Secretary to the Chhattisgarh government and cheating a woman he met through a matrimonial app. The accused has been identified as Balabhadra Prasad Mishra. He allegedly used the woman's banking details to obtain loans worth more than Rs 13 lakh in her name.

Police reportedly said that the case came to light after the woman discovered the loans and lodged a complaint at the Puri Cyber Crime Police Station on October 13.

According to police, Mishra opened three bank accounts in the woman's name with the State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank and Indian Overseas Bank. He allegedly linked his mobile number to the accounts and took possessi...