Man dates 17 women at same time, held for fraud

Beijing: A Chinese youngster who dated 17 women at a time was on Tuesday arrested for fraud in south-central Hunan province, according to a media report. The man, who was identified only by his surname Yuan, allegedly took large sums of money from some of the women and fathered a child with one of them, South China Morning Post reported. Yuan, who lives at Changsha in south-central Hunan province, made headlines last month after all the 17 women he dated reached hospital to meet him following a road accident, the report cited news portal Rednet.Cn. The women were stunned to find out they were going out with the same man.