Overview

• The accused, identified as Deepanshu of Kanpur, was apprehended on September 1 after the victim called the Police Control Room when he came to meet her.
• A case was registered on September 2 at Farsh Bazar police station under BNS sections 168, 204, 205, 318, 319 and 340.
• The complainant, Damini, 28, who runs a Noida medical store, met him at a family wedding where he introduced himself as a Para Commando lieutenant.
• Police say he wore an Army uniform, used a fake ID and proposed marriage, extracting about ₹70,000 through cash and online transfers on various pretexts.
• Investigators seized a fake Army ID, uniform, forged documents and an NDA rank list, and they are probing whether others were similarly duped after he admitted failing the NDA exam and faking selection.