New Delhi:
Two ladies and as many males have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda for operating a racket of duping single males into marriage after which stealing money and ornaments from their properties.
In response to police, Poonam would pose because the bride and Sanjana Gupta her mom. The 2 males, Vimalesh Verma and Dharmendra Prajapati, would determine targets and introduce them to Poonam. It’s alleged that they might ask the targets to pay them cash for the match-making. After a easy court docket wedding ceremony, Poonam would go to the groom’s dwelling. On recognizing a chance, she would steal jewelry and cash from his dwelling and flee.
Police have stated they bought away with six such heists earlier than they focused the complainant, Shankar Upadhyay. The complainant stated he was single and had been in search of a match. Vimalesh approached him and stated he would get him married however he should spend about Rs 1.5 lakh. Mr Upadhyay agreed.
On Saturday, the complainant stated, Vimalesh known as him to court docket and launched him to Poonam. They then requested him for Rs 1.5 lakh. Mr Upadhyay smelled a rat and requested for the Aadhaar playing cards of Poonam and Sanjana, who posed as her mom.
“I suspected from their gestures that they had been making an attempt to con me. Once I refused to marry, they threatened to get me killed and body me in false instances. I stated I wanted time to assume and left,” Mr Upadhyay stated in his criticism.
Shiv Raj, Further Police Superintendent for Banda, stated they’d acquired a criticism that the accused had been conning folks within the title of marriage. “We instantly alerted our groups and arrested 4 folks, together with two ladies. These folks would dupe single males into marriage after which steal ornaments and money. We’ve arrested them and additional proceedings are on.”
Inputs from Maneesh Mishra