Delhi Police has arrested a vicious swindler, who used to cheat women of crores of rupees by luring them of love and marriage through social media. The team of Cyber Police Station of South West District has arrested the accused, who has been identified as Anand Kumar.
His age is said to be 35 years. He is originally from West Bengal.
According to the police, this swindler has made more than 500 women his victims across the country and has defrauded about Rs 2 crore. Investigation has revealed that Anand was active on dating apps and matrimonial sites by creating different names and fake identities. Sometimes he used to win the trust of women by calling himself a doctor, sometimes a businessman, and sometimes a film producer or lawyer. As the conversation progressed, he would take the relationship to love and marriage and then start asking for money on some pretext.
How was it revealed?
This matter came to light when a woman lodged a complaint with the police. He told that he had become friends with a social media account named Vaibhav Arora. Gradually the closeness between the two increased and the accused promised marriage. After establishing trust, he extorted around Rs 7 lakh from the woman citing medical emergency and loss in business. When the woman asked for the money back, the accused broke contact with her and later sent false news on WhatsApp that Vaibhav had died.
After receiving the complaint, cyber police started technical investigation. Mobile numbers, social media accounts and bank transactions were scrutinized in detail. During investigation, some mobile numbers were found active in West Bengal. After this the police team raided there and arrested Anand Kumar.
Used to run multiple fake profiles simultaneously
During interrogation, the accused confessed that he used to run several fake profiles simultaneously and talk to different women. He used platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat. The accused also used to obtain personal photos and videos from women and later extort more money by threatening to make them viral.
Police have recovered 4 mobile phones, 8 SIM cards and 3 debit cards from his possession. Apart from this, gold bracelets and chains purchased with the fraudulent money have also been seized. Investigation has also revealed that the accused spent a large part of the defrauded amount on online gaming and his personal needs.
Two cases are already registered against him in Delhi and Ghaziabad also. At present, the police is trying to find out who else is involved in this gang and where the fraud money has been invested.