Gurugram: Three arrested for defrauding women of lakhs through matrimonial sites

Three men were arrested for running a gang that allegedly duped women from different states after befriending them through matrimonial sites police here said on WednesdayA Nigerian national who is reportedly the kingpin of the gang is absconding and police are conducting raids to nab him they saidA senior police officer said that the accused were identified as Aman Kumar 26 Rahul Singh 28 and a 38yearold Santosh Kumar all residents of DelhiThe accused targeted women on matrimonial sites posing themselves as prospective grooms from abroadAfter befriending a woman posing as a foreign national a gang member would ask her to send costly gift items and other gang members would force her to cough up money in the name of tax and custom clearance posing as custom officialsAn FIR was lodged in the matter first when Shampa Pal a native of Kolkata who lives in Chakkarpur area here filed a complaint on February 9 alleging she was duped of over Rs 13 lakhAlso Read Maharashtra Woman paramour held for killing her husbandI got in touch with a man through Instagram who claimed to be a doctor in the UK Soon after he shared his WhatsApp number also Pal said in her complaint according to policeAt one point during their friendship the man asked Pal to send her some gold and 20000 British poundsOn January 30 she got a call from a woman who said she was calling from a courier companyShe told me that to get the parcel of gold and pounds I must pay tax and she shared a Union Bank account number to transfer moneyThe first time I transferred Rs 55000 then subsequently Rs 327920 Rs 185000 Rs 339287 and Rs 3 lakh After this she again called me for Rs 726000 more Pal wroteFollowing her complaint an FIR was registered at Cyber Crime East Police Station on February 9 and the alleged frauds were arrestedWe are conducting raids to nab other members of this gang We are questioning the accused and hope many cases will be solved during the interrogation said Priyanshu Dewan ACP CyberThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever