In a shocking case of betrayal and financial fraud, the Powai Police have registered an FIR against a woman caretaker for allegedly siphoning off more than Rs 6 crore from a retired IIT professor and deceitfully placing him in an old age home without his family's knowledge.

According to police sources, the complainant, an 82-year-old retired professor from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), lives in Powai. His son, a doctor, resides in Pimpri, Pune, with the professor’s wife, while his daughter lives in Powai. The professor owns four flats in the area, residing alone in one, while the other three are rented out.

Police officials said the professor regularly visited a local garden in Powai, where he met the accused woman in 2017. Over time, she gained his trust and eventually began working as his full-time caretaker, gradually taking over his day-to-day responsibilities.