Man duped Ex-Chief Justice of India of Rs 1 Lakh, gets arrested in Udaipur

New Delhi: A man has been arrested for allegedly duping former Chief JusticeChief JusticeChief Justice of India RM Lodha of Rs 1 lakh after hacking the e-mail account of his colleague, police said on Tuesday.

The accused Dinesh Mali was arrested from Udaipur on June 7. An ATM card through which he withdrew the cheated amount has also been recovered, they said.

His associate, Mukesh, is missing, police said, adding efforts are on to arrest him as well.

The incident came to light on May 30 after Mr Lodha, a resident of South Delhi's Panchsheel Park, received an e-mail from retired Supreme Court judge BP Singh which stated that his ID was hacked by some unknown person on the intervening night of April 18 and 19.