New Delhi: A 45-year-old man was arrested from a hotel in Haridwar for allegedly duping people in Delhi by promising to get them government scrap tenders, police said on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Ashish, a resident of Burari, they added.

"Sachin Verma, a resident of Sant Nagar, Burari, reported that Ashish came to him on August 26 and said there was a tender for removing scrap from Tis Hazari Court," a senior police officer said. Ashish further told him that an amount of Rs 8.8 lakh will be required for the said tender and the complainant could easily earn a monthly profit of approximately Rs 1 lakh, he added.