A youth of Sambalpur district has allegedly duped a girl of West Bengal of a whopping Rs 64 lakh on the pretext of marrying her. The incident came to the fore on Thursday after the victim, identified as Shoma Ghosh, lodged an FIR in this connection with the Town police here.
The girl is a resident of South Subhash Palli in Hooghly district. The accused was identified Rahul Rakshit, a resident of the Town police station area.
According to the FIR, Shoma had come in contact with the youth in 2021 through a matrimonial site. Gradually, the youth lured the girl by pretending to be from an upper class family. After they became close friends, Rahul started fleecing money from the girl saying that he was facing financial difficulties.
Shoma helped the youth and lent him a total of Rs 64 lakh in different phases through Google Pay and PhonPe. Later, Rahul avoided the girl and did not receive her phone calls.