Thane: Three persons including two women from Delhi, allegedly duped a local doctor of Rs 5 lakhs after promising him to get a kidney transplant done for his ailing father, police said on Saturday.

Police Inspector D N Patil of Badlapur (E) Police station said that victim Krishna Bhaskar Nimsakhare's 65-year-old father was suffering from renal failure. As the doctor was hunting for a matching donor, he came in contact with the three accused from Delhi.