Mumbai: A 30-year-old woman constable attached to Bandra police station was allegedly duped of Rs 11.2 lakh after befriending a man identified as Ravi Kumar on a marriage portal. Fraudsters claimed gifts and jewellery worth Rs 32 lakh sent from London were held by customs and asked her to pay delivery charges and make other payments. She transferred money to 34 beneficiary bank accounts between Sept 1 and 17, said the cyber police.She became suspicious when the fraudsters demanded another Rs 1.15 lakh and her Aadhaar card. One caller allegedly threatened to circulate her photographs if she refused to pay. The constable then lodged complaints through the 1930 cyber helpline. West Cyber police station registered an FIR against an unknown person on Friday based on her complaint.A scammer befriended a constable after she created a profile on a matrimonial portal in Aug 2026 and later deleted it. On Sept 1, she received a WhatsApp call from a man identifying himself as Ravikumar, who claimed he had obtained her number from the portal. Cyber police sought his details from the site and froze accounts that received transactions.Ravikumar allegedly told the constable that he was divorced, lived in Ahmedabad and worked in London. “He claimed to own flats in London and Gujarat and several businesses. The two subsequently exchanged photographs and spoke regularly. On Sept 3, Ravikumar told the complainant that he had received an award in London and sent photographs and videos purportedly showing him buying and dispatching a gift for her,” cyber police said.According to the FIR, another caller the next day claimed to represent an airport authority, told the constable that a parcel had arrived in her name and demanded Rs 30,000 for delivery. The constable contacted Ravikumar, who confirmed sending the gift. She was also sent a purported Official High-Value Cargo Clearance Certificate to gain her trust.The cyber police said she initially transferred Rs 16,000 through a payment scanner and Rs 20,000 to a nationalised bank account. The callers later claimed the parcel contained foreign currency and jewellery worth Rs 32 lakh and demanded Rs 68,000 for currency conversion. Ravikumar allegedly assured her that the callers were genuine and promised to repay her after reaching Mumbai.
