Delhi Police arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly duping women on a matrimonial web site by posing as a wealthy bachelor.
The accused identifies as Vishal, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, who pretended to be a wealthy bachelor searching for an acceptable bride, stated police on Friday.
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Vishal is an informed skilled and labored at a multinational company (MNC). He used costly vehicles to impress the victims, they stated. He allegedly satisfied the victims to switch cash on the pretext of buying iPhones at cheaper charges for them.
What prompted knowledgeable to be a fraudster?
After struggling losses in his enterprise enterprise, he determined to dupe women and earn straightforward cash. The matter got here to mild after a sufferer, who was duped of Rs 3.05 lakh, lodged a criticism at Keshavpuram police station in northwest Delhi.
The girl, who labored at an MNC in Gurugram, and her mother and father had created a profile on a matrimonial web site. While searching for appropriate matches, she got here throughout the profile of a person who claimed to be an HR skilled with an revenue of Rs 50-70 lakh each year.
Her household appreciated his profile and despatched him a request. After exchanging telephone numbers, the lady began chatting with him on WhatsApp and Instagram.
“In March 2023, he sent her pictures of expensive cars and asked her (for her) choice. He showed (pictures of) some villas and farmhouses as his properties in Gurugram in order to impress her. He also projected his well-off business of food chain in Gurugram,” the lady alleged in her criticism.
In the method, he received over the belief of the lady’s household they usually determined to fulfill him.
He additionally provided to purchase the lady an iPhone 14 Pro Max at a less expensive price and satisfied her to purchase it with the intention to earn a revenue. He additionally satisfied her to purchase the telephones for her kinfolk and pals, she alleged.
Influenced by him, the lady transferred Rs 3.05 lakh to him via UPI in eight transactions.
However, after getting the cash, the person blocked her on social media and knowledgeable her that he had been concerned in an accident and was admitted in a Jaipur hospital. He stopped attending her calls and, after some days, the sufferer realised that she had been duped, the police stated.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Jitendra Kumar Meena stated just a few days after receiving the criticism, a police decoy despatched the person a request on the identical web site. He accepted the request and began to affect the decoy in the same method.
However, after the decoy requested him to fulfill, the police nabbed the person.
“During interrogation, he confessed to his involvement in the cheating. He disclosed that after completing his BCA and MBA from Delhi, he worked as an HR professional at an MNC in Gurugram in 2018. He left the job in 2021 and opened a restaurant in Gurugram but that venture was not successful,” Meena stated.
Vishal allegedly created a profile on the matrimonial web site and posed as a wealthy bachelor. He additionally employed a luxurious automotive for 15 days via an app for Rs 2,500 a day to maintain up the pretence, the official added.
The police are making efforts to hint Vishal’s doable involvement in different related complaints. They are additionally scrutinising his checking account particulars.
(With PTI enter)
