Overview
- The Hooghly Rural Police say they dismantled a network that posed as prospective grooms on matrimonial platforms to extract money.
- Officers report roughly Rs 3 crore taken from about 20 women across Burdwan, Howrah, Tarakeswar and Delhi.
- Three suspects are in custody, including alleged ringleader Jamir Abbas arrested on October 14 in Mandarmani, after earlier arrests of Abhishek Roy on July 3 and Zahir Abbas within a week.
- The probe began after a 29-year-old from Singur reported a suitor calling himself ‘Anupam Roy’ who sought funds after claiming a frozen bank account and produced a forged deposit slip.
- In a separate case underscoring broader risks, Pune police registered a complaint from a woman who lost Rs 2.77 lakh to two men she met on an international dating app.