Hyderabad, June 19 -- Two young women were allegedly cheated out of cash and gold by a fraudster who promised to marry them after posing as a trainee IPS officer and a medical graduate in separate incidents reported under the Tekmal police station limits.

According to police, in the first case, the accused introduced himself as Ritvik Reddy, claiming to be a trainee IPS officer. He allegedly befriended a young woman and promised to marry her after completing his training. After gaining her trust, he sought financial assistance, claiming he needed money to meet certain expenses.

The woman was allegedly persuaded to hand over Rs 5 lakh in cash and 10 grams of gold to a person identified as Uppari Durgesh Sagar, whom she later suspected wa...