New Delhi: A 43-year-old was arrested from Ghaziabad for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 5 lakh in a bank at Connaught Place, police said on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Deepak, a resident of Panipat in Haryana, they said.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Madhur Verma, they received a complaint on February 8 around 3.45 pm where one Tarun Marwaha stated that he reached a bank in Connaught Place to deposit an amount of Rs 10 lakh but the cashier refused to deposit the cash saying he was late. In the meantime, Deepak came to Marwaha and represented himself as a bank employee. He advised Marwaha to contact branch manager or any other higher officer of the bank to deposit the cash, the DCP said.