City police have registered a case of fraud against a man, who allegedly cheated a woman on the pretext of marriage through matrimonial site.
The accused had created a fake profile on a matrimonial website. The accused posed as a Major in the Indian Army and attracted many marriage proposals.
According to police, victim Rakhi Pawar had met accused Juliyan Sinha through matrimonial website as she was looking for a well settled groom for herself. She found the profile of Juliyan Sinha on the website, whose profile described him as a Major in Indian Army. There after both started chatting on through internet.
“Soon, Rakhi and Juliyan started bonding with each other. Once, he gained her confidence and she began considering a future with him, he duped her,” said a police official. One day, Juliyan allegedly called the woman to say he had lost his wallet, credit cards and that he urgently needed money.
“Believing that she was helping her ‘future husband’, the woman sent her debit card to the accused. The accused Juliyan Sinha withdrew almost `2.90 lakh in between July 30 to September 30 from her account,” police said.
After some time she came to know that he is a fraudster and had duped other women as well. The complainant realised that she had been conned by the imposter. She the approached the local police station to lodge her complaint.
“We have tracked the IP address of accused account and locked his location in somewhere in Gujrat. Moreover, a police team has been sent to nab the accused,” said Aman, Sub Inspector, Sector-5 police station, Gurugram.