The cybercrime cell of Madhya Pradesh police has nabbed a 32-year-old man on the charge of creating fake profile on shadi.com and duping victim to the tune of Rs 1 lakh; accused has been booked for fraud and sexual assault cases in Indore and Haryana.
Police have recovered a mobile phone and a laptop in which details of 50 women have been found connected over social media with the accused.
Police said that the accused identified as Aman Verma of Kolar was nabbed after the victim found that the accused had updated his profile on other matrimonial sites with different details.
The victim lodged a complaint with the cybercrime cell regarding the accused whom she contacted after finding profile suitable for marriage on matrimonial website shadi.com. The accused developed friendship and told the victim that his father is contractor while his mother is doctor and he is stranded in Dubai due to lockdown and require money. The victim transferred Rs 1 lakh to the accused. Later when she checked jeevansaathi.com accused had created profile with different details after which she came to know about the fraud. The victim was not aware regarding the fake profile.
In the initial investigation, police found that the accused in residing in Bhopal and cheated the victim. Later in the investigation the police narrowed down to Kolar area where the accused lives and nabbed the accused.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under sections 469 of IPC and 66 C of the IT Act and nabbed the accused. Police are yet to confirm crime record of the accused and his involvement in crimes of the same nature with other women.