New Delhi: A 35-year-old man, who drove round in a luxurious automobile and stayed in luxurious lodges, was arrested from a Paharganj lodge for allegedly duping over 100 ladies from throughout 13 states of practically 1 crore on the pretext of marriage, with police saying that he approached the ladies via matrimonial websites.
Police recognized the accused as Farhan Taseer Khan, a Chhattisgarh native dwelling in Odisha, and stated that he was arrested on Thursday by a staff from the south district’s cyber cell police station throughout an investigation right into a criticism by a lady physician at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) who was allegedly duped of 15 lakh utilizing the identical modus operandi. In response to police, Khan is already married and has a three-year-old daughter.
Police stated they’ve recovered the luxurious automobile (with a Chhattisgarh particular sequence quantity plate), 9 debit playing cards and an costly wrist watch from Khan, stated deputy commissioner of police (south) Benita Mary Jaiker.
In her criticism, the physician alleged that she met Khan on a matrimonial web site, and began speaking to one another on social media and on the telephone.
After promising to marry the lady, Khan allegedly satisfied her to pay 15 lakh, over a number of transactions, to help his pretend enterprise, after which he began ignoring her calls and messages.
On receiving the lady’s criticism, the cyber cell staff collected Khan’s particulars from the matrimonial web site and discovered that he had created scores of faux profiles on such websites and communicated with ladies from Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Gujarat, Punjab , Odisha, Karnataka and lots of different states.
Police stated the main points supplied by the matrimonial websites and banks transactions helped the police monitor and arrest Khan from Paharganj.
“Khan confessed to have duped over 100 ladies to the tune of round 1 crore previously one and a half years. We’re looking for out if extra ladies had filed complaints in opposition to him in different states,” stated the DCP.
Throughout questioning, Jaiker stated, Khan allegedly revealed that he married in 2015 and already has a three-year-old daughter. Between 2010 and 2018, he labored as a contractor at development websites in Odisha, police stated, including that his enterprise flourished throughout this time and he even purchased two earthmovers.
Nevertheless, in 2018, his mom was detected with most cancers, following which he offered the 2 earthmovers to bear the bills for therapy. He later began the enterprise of sale and buy of used automobiles.
Round a 12 months and a half in the past, Jaiker stated, Khan began creating pretend profiles on matrimonial websites and approached ladies posing as a wealthy, single businessman. Khan additionally allegedly instructed potential victims that his mother and father died in a highway accident and left behind big belongings for him.
Police stated that Khan used to fulfill the ladies within the luxurious automobile and even took them for drives to achieve their belief.
“Khan additionally talked about on the matrimonial websites that he held Bachelor of Engineering and MBA levels and has companies and homes in large cities. He claimed his yearly earnings was between 30-40 lakh,” added DCP Jaiker.
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