54 lakhs from father, 60 lakhs loan from bank...lost crores in the desire of marriage

In Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, a software engineer working in a multinational company was duped of about 1 crore 40 lakh rupees on the pretext of marriage. The accused of the fraud is a mimicry artist. By changing his voice, he targeted the software engineer who was trapped in the web of love.

Symbolic picture.

A strange case of cyber fraud has come to light in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. Here a mimicry artist talked to a software engineer on the phone posing as a girl. Sent fake photos. Offered him for marriage. Then in a very cunning manner, duped him of Rs 1.40 lakh. The accused has been arrested by the police. Further action against him is underway.

Nitin Jain, a resident of Bilaspur, is a software engineer by profession. He works in a multinational company in Pune. Here he got acquainted with Rohit and the brother of a person living in his neighbourhood. Then Nitin asked Rohit to introduce him to a girl suitable for marriage. Nitin had got divorced five years ago. He used to feel lonely.

He wanted him to get married again and settle down so that his loneliness could end. Rohit thought why not take advantage of this. He is a mimicry artist by profession. So he made a plan to cheat Nitin.

Rohit used to download photos of girls from the internet. If the engineer liked a girl, the accused would talk to her by changing his voice. Then he would get a large amount transferred to his account in different installments. Meanwhile, Nitin liked a girl (fake character) mentioned by Rohit. Rohit then imitated the girl's voice and trapped Nitin in the trap of his love.

Loan taken from bank-friends

Day and night and morning and evening he used to talk to Nitin pretending to be a girl. Then he started extorting money from him. Nitin also became so crazy in love with the girl that he borrowed 54 lakh rupees from his father to give it to the girl. He took a total loan of 60 lakhs from the bank and friends. He spent all the money on the girl. But later he came to know that the person with whom he used to talk did not exist.

The accused confessed his crime

He came home to Bilaspur and told everything to his father. After this, the father and son together registered a case in Sarkanda police station. On the basis of digital evidence, the police detained the accused Rohit Jain from Maihar in Madhya Pradesh and interrogated him. During interrogation, the accused confessed his crime. The accused himself told how he cheated the victim by changing his voice. The police arrested the accused within 48 hours. The police have recovered 2 Android phones, 2 keypad phones and 11 SIM cards from the accused.