The Malad police has registered a case against a 33-year-old man for cheating a woman by promising to marry her. Now, the police is in search of the accused.
The Malad police has registered a case against a 33-year-old man for cheating a woman by promising to marry her. Now, the police is in search of the accused.
According to police sources, officials suspect the accused is a repeat offender and had cheated many people before. Also, he has allegedly cheated people in other states too, said sources.
The accused allegedly met the complainant on Facebook and befriended her. He later proposed to her and fixed a date for marriage. Later, he borrowed as much as Rs 13 lakh from the complainant and severed ties with her, said sources.
The accused has been identified as Deelip Rajput (33) while the complainant, a working woman, is a resident of Malad.
According to police sources, the complainant in her statement told the police that in December last year, she received a friendship request from Rajput on social networking site Facebook. Later, she befriended Rajput and both started meeting at a local coffee shop and eventually fell in love. Rajput promised to marry the complainant and fixed a date for the wedding in March.
During their courtship, Rajput showed off lavish flats and cars to the complaint to take her into the confidence and show he was rich.
Later, in February, Rajput demanded Rs 13 lakh from the complainant, saying he needed to arrange an event for which he needed money.
After borrowing money from her, he disappeared and despite several calls and SMSes she couldn’t reach him. So, she moved to the police station and filed a complaint, said police sources. The police is now trying to track the Facebook details of the accused to identify him.
