Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The city crime branch has registered eight complaints of online duping, in which the complainants were duped of lakhs of rupees after they registered for their marriage on matrimonial sites. The total sum lost in these cases this year was Rs 33.71 lakh. Additional DCP (crime) Rajesh Dandotiya said the bank accounts of the conmen have been seized.
A team has been constituted for the investigation. According to one of the complaints, a woman registered on a matrimonial site for herself. Then, a Jitendra who posed as a Navy officer contacted her in February 2024. After a few months, the accused told her that his brother got injured in a road accident and he needed Rs 1 lakh for his treatment.
The woman trusted him and transferred the money. When she asked for her money back, the conman allegedly claimed that he had spent about Rs 3 crore yet couldn’t save his brother, promising to return the amount in a few months.
Later, his ‘friend’ called up the complainant, allegedly claiming that Jitendra was admitted to the hospital after a silent heart attack. He asked the complainant to transfer Rs 10 lakh for treatment. The woman relented and transferred the amount to a bank account cited by the accused. In all, she ended up transferring Rs 30 lakh this way.
Another man was duped of Rs 11,300 by a woman who made his obscene video through a video call and blackmailed him of circulating the same on social media. Six other complainants also lost money to online scammers who allegedly got their contact details from matrimonial sites.
