Published By: Poorva Joshi
Last Updated: April 14, 2023, 10:43 IST
The police are making efforts to hint Vishal’s doable involvement in different comparable complaints (Representational photograph)
Vishal, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, pretended to be a wealthy bachelor searching for an appropriate brid
A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly defrauding ladies on a matrimonial web site by posing as a wealthy bachelor, police mentioned on Friday.
Vishal, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, pretended to be a wealthy bachelor searching for an appropriate bride. He used costly automobiles to impress the victims, they mentioned.
The police mentioned he allegedly satisfied the victims to switch cash on the pretext of buying iPhones at cheaper charges for them.
Vishal is an informed skilled and labored at a multinational company (MNC). After struggling losses in his enterprise enterprise, he determined to dupe ladies and earn simple cash, the police mentioned.
The matter got here to mild after a sufferer, who was duped of Rs 3.05 lakh, lodged a grievance at Keshavpuram police station in northwest Delhi.
The lady, 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 earnings of Rs 50-70 lakh every year.
Her household favored 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 despatched her photos of costly automobiles and requested her (for her) selection. He confirmed (photos of) some villas and farmhouses as his properties in Gurugram with the intention to impress her. He additionally projected his well-off enterprise of meals chain in Gurugram,” the woman alleged in her complaint.
In the process, he won over the trust of the woman’s family and they decided to meet him.
He also offered to buy the woman an iPhone 14 Pro Max at a cheaper rate and convinced her to buy it in order to earn a profit. He also convinced her to buy the phones for her relatives and friends, she alleged.
Influenced by him, the woman transferred Rs 3.05 lakh to him through UPI in eight transactions.
However, after getting the money, the man blocked her on social media and informed her that he had been involved in an accident and was admitted in a Jaipur hospital. He stopped attending her calls and, after some days, the victim realised that she had been duped, the police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Jitendra Kumar Meena said a few days after receiving the complaint, a police decoy sent the man a request on the same site. He accepted the request and started to influence the decoy in a similar manner.
However, after the decoy asked him to meet, the police nabbed the man.
“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 mentioned.
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 by means of 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 comparable complaints. They are additionally scrutinising his checking account particulars.
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