Two arrested for duping women on matrimony website

As per the complaint, Tirthi created her profile on “www.jeevansathi.com” in October 2015 as she was looking for a groom. She received a request from one Lohit Rajpur, who claimed to be into the business of mines trading at Gandhidham in Gujarat. He allegedly promised to get engaged to the complainant in November 2015 and to marry her in 2016. But in the meanwhile, he demanded money from the complainant from time to time, giving her different reasons related to business. The complainant deposited Rs 4.33 lakh in different instalments in a bank account number given to her by Lohit.

However, he did not marry her and also did not return her money. So she filed a police complaint on January 6 against him under sections 406, 420, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act. During the probe, a cyber crime cell team led by assistant police inspector Sagar Panmand identified the suspects and nabbed them in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Investigation revealed that the suspect Sharam created his profile on the same matrimony website claiming to be a businessman with an annual income of Rs 80 lakh. He contacted women having profiles on the website and promised to marry them. But later he took money from them by giving various reasons regarding his business. Later, he discontinued communication with the women. Police said that Sharma has so far duped 14 women from Delhi, Chandigarh, Indore, Kolkata, Jaipur and other cities, to the tune of Rs 60 lakh. He has created fake accounts in the name of Govind Balkrishna Sharma in various banks. He also has bank accounts in his name.

Police said that the suspect Lohit Kumar Mudli created a profile in the name of Lohit Rajput on the matrimony website claiming to be a businessman with a monthly income of Rs 3 lakh. He has similarly duped six women from Gujarat, Delhi, Chandigarh, Bangalore and Pune to the tune of Rs 20 lakh. He has accounts in different banks, where he asked these women to deposit money.

Police have recovered 10 cell phones worth Rs 1 lakh each from the two suspects. The Koregaon Park police station is now investigating the case further. The investigation team comprises deputy commissioner of police (cyber) Deepak Sakore, senior inspector Sunil Pawar, assistant inspector Panmand, constables Aslam Attar, Santosh Jadhav, Avinash Daravde, Rahun Handal, Yogesh Vavhal, and Rajkumar Jaba.