Chhattisgarh Police on Monday arrested a young woman from West Bengal and brought her to Jagdalpur on charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy and abetting a young man's suicide in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district in July.
Speaking to The Pioneer over telephone, Bastar Superintendent of Police Deepak Jha identified her as Mousami Mandal (22) of 24 Parganas in West Bengal.
In July, Rahul Dey hanged himself in his house. During investigation, police learnt that between March and July, the accused had interacted with the young man on the dating site ‘Forever Friendship’, the officer said.
During this period, Mousami cheated Rahul in the name of registration and other formalities on the dating site of Rs 8.60 lakh which was sent to different accounts in various banks, he added.
Based on the technical analysis of mobile numbers and bank accounts, police traced her to Sonarpur in 24 Parganas district, Jha said.
Police recovered two mobile phones including one on which she interacted with the deceased youth, an Aadhar card and Rs 4,000 cash from her, he said.