A 41-year-old man has been arrested by the Cyber cell of the Special Cell for cheating two women in Delhi. The man used to create fake profiles on matrimonial websites and then cheat women on the pretext of marrying them. In one such case, he cheated a woman of Rs 6 lakhs.
According to the police, the accused has been identified as Anurag Mendiratta. “He had created fake profile on matrimonial websites such as Jeevansathi and Bharat matrimony. Once he won their trust, he used them financially, emotionally and in one case, even sexually exploited a woman,” said Anyesh Roy, DCP, Cyber Cell.
Anurag created a profile using pseudo name Sidharth. In the case reported to the Cyber Cell, the accused had introduced himself as Siddharth Walia and cheated the victim of Rs 6 lakhs on the pretext that he needed money to treat his father in United Kingdom, who is suffering cancer.
He claimed to be working with a reputed media house in Mumbai. Once he became acquainted with the victim through social media and phone calls, he met her family. “When he won the trust of the complainant, he concocted a story that he needs money for his father's cancer treatment. As he had faced problem in fund transfers, he asked the complainant to deposit money in the bank account, details of which he gave to her.
Once he took the money, he severed all contacts with the woman. When the girl came to meet his family in Mumbai, she found that she has been cheated,” said Roy.
Based on the sustained efforts made the sleuths of the Cyber Cell, Anurag was traced to Dwarka and was arrested.
During his interrogation, he revealed how he had also cheated another girl. “He not only financially cheated her, he sexually abused her as well. The girl had submitted a complaint at the CR Park police station.
“He informed that through one of his fake profiles where he used Sidharth Oberoi as a pseudo name. in this case, he claimed to be the country head of a sports channel and claimed that he has shifted from Mumbai to Dubai. The accused trapped the girl, asked her to stay in touch with him through his common friend. The accused met the girl face to face and lured her in spending life with her,” said Roy. First, the accused started asking for financial help. It was only when she refused that he sexually exploited her and later blackmailed her. Police said that the arrested is a married man and has children.