Delhi Police on Sunday arrested a 32 year-old man masquerading as media person from Haridwar. The man allegedly used to cheat people by making false ID’s on various matrimonial sites. To woo victims, the accused used to present himself as the owner of a media house and also posed as an affluent businessman.
The accused has been identified as Abhishek Vashisht a resident of Pehowa, Kurushtera (Haryana). Abhishek was wanted in a case of cheating and misappropriation registered at police station Barakhamba Road, New Delhi. Earlier, Delhi Police had also announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 on information leading to his arrest.
According to Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, specific inputs were received regarding the hideout of the accused in Haridwar following which a team laid a trap and apprehended the accused from Haridwar.
“The accused had adopted a new way of cheating people by creating profiles on different matrimonial sites. He presented himself as a wealthy unmarried man; owning BMW Car, house in Sector-06, Gurugram with an annual income of Rs 20-25 lakhs,” said the DCP.
“In the beginning of 2018, he came in touch with a Delhi based girl from a respectable family to whom he introduced himself as owner of Akshaya Deep Media House. He told them that his parents were dead and he had no surviving relatives. Believing, his misrepresentation, the victim got married to him in March 2018. He stayed with the victim for two weeks and then eloped with all the jewelry and cash which he and his newly wedded wife had received as gifts,” said the DCP adding that a case was registered on the basis of complaint given by the victim at Barkhamba road.
“After cheating the victim, the accused in order to cheat more people shifted his base from Delhi to Haridwar where he also posed himself as owner of ‘ADN star news channel’ and lured many people in Uttarakhand on pretext of giving them franchise of the fake news agency,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation it was revealed that the accused is still in contact with around 21 girls and women on the matrimonial websites such as JeevanSathi, Shadi.com, Bharti Matrimonial, Divorce Matrimony. He has been luring these women with the same tactics used earlier,” said the DCP adding that further interrogation of accused is going on in this regard.