70-year-old joins dating app to find love, gets scammed instead

The 70-year-old complainant told the police that he had downloaded the dating app ‘Tagged’ in March and found a woman who introduced herself as Nimisha Alwa.

2 min readUpdated: Aug 7, 2026 06:28 PM IST

70-year-old Pandit paid money to the girl he met on the dating app and also to an ACP (Image generated using Gemini)

Dombivali’s Vishnu Nagar Police registered an FIR after a 70-year-old man alleged that he was duped of Rs 18.22 lakh on a dating app. The matter came to light on July 22 when the complainant, Sanjay Pandit, approached the police, alleging a dating app scam.

“The complainant said that he had met a woman on an online dating app and she demanded money from him,” the police said.

The complainant told the police that he had downloaded the dating app ‘Tagged’ in March and found a woman who introduced herself as Nimisha Alwa.

“On March 11, the complainant connected with Nimisha Alwa. They both then eventually developed a friendship,” the cop said.

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After chatting with him for a while, Nimisha Alwa started asking the 70-year-old for money, claiming she was a victim of domestic abuse.

“Throughout their conversation, Alwa had claimed that she’s in an abusive relationship with her husband and she needs financial assistance. The complainant then paid her money,” the officer further said.

On March 28, however, his life turned upside down when he received a call from a man claiming to be ACP Tejas of Bengaluru Police.

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