New Delhi, May 20 (). Delhi Police has arrested a man who duped a 39-year-old woman on the pretext of marriage through a matrimonial website. An official gave this information on Saturday.
The accused has been identified as Anshul Jain, a resident of Gurugram. The official said that Jain is highly qualified and a good orator and has an MBA degree from the UK.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI) Devesh Kumar Mahala said Jain started duping people after suffering losses in business and abandoning his family. He impressed women with his profile especially through matrimonial website and later cheated them.
The woman has been identified as Vijay Lakshmi, a resident of Bangalore. Lakshmi works as a cabin crew member in an airline. The woman said that when she came to meet the accused in Delhi, he decamped with her jewelery worth Rs 18 lakh, Rs 15,000 in cash and also withdrew Rs 58,000 from her ATM card.
This incident took place on 7 May. According to the FIR accessed by , the woman met Anshul Jain 15 days ago through matrimonial website Jeevansathi.com.
The woman said in her complaint that we started talking on WhatsApp. Jain introduced himself as a businessman in NCR and expressed his desire to marry me. Three days ago he called me to Delhi and told me that he would introduce me to his family members at a wedding function. She also told me to bring proper dress and jewellery.
On May 7, she came to Delhi and Jain came to pick her up at T-2 IGI airport in his orange colored Tata Punch car. She said, we went to Aerocity food court and had some breakfast.
After that, when we were coming back in the car, he told me that there was something wrong with the car’s tyre. So he asked me to come out and see. As soon as I got out of the car, he ran away with my valuables.
Lakshmi alleged that Jain took away her 300 grams of gold jewellery, her phone, three ATMs, Rs 15,000 in cash and her Airline Airport Entry Card (AEP). He then transferred Rs 40,000 from Canara Bank and Rs 18,000 from ICICI Bank in four transactions.
The FIR quoted the woman as saying, Jain is a cabin crew member in an airline. Now, I do not have a single ID or my mobile phone. Jain cheated me and ran away with all my face by cheating.
A senior police officer said that an FIR under sections 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the IGI police station and further investigation was underway in the matter.
The officer said that Jain was arrested from Panaji in Goa and during interrogation he confessed to the crime. He told the police that he had sold all the jewelery in a jewelery shop in Karol Bagh.
The jewelery was recovered from the shop at the instance of Jain, the official said. He had sold the stolen jewelery for around Rs 12 lakh. He used all the money in casinos and hotels in Goa.
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