Overview

• Four FIRs have been registered at Aligarh’s Sasni Gate police station and investigators describe the case as a suspected cross‑state marriage fraud.
• Affected families report losses exceeding Rs 30 lakh in jewellery and cash after the women disappeared the same night as the festival rituals.
• Police say most marriages were arranged by brokers who reportedly brought the women from Bihar and Jharkhand, and the intermediaries are currently unreachable.
• Preliminary findings suggest the families were carefully targeted and the weddings coordinated to enable quick escapes after gaining trust.
• No arrests or recoveries have been announced as multiple teams work to trace suspects, and a PTI report cites a former mayor alleging a local organiser named Mukesh Gupta charged about Rs 1.25 lakh per match.