An official on Thursday said that a 74-year-old retired bank employee in Maharashtra's Thane district has been duped of Rs 3.57 crore after being threatened by a fraudster posing as a policeman on a video call, reported news agency PTI.

The victim, a resident of the Ulhasnagar area, recently received a WhatsApp video call from a person who made him talk to another person claiming to be a policeman, reported PTI.