The person and the girl had met on a web based matrimonial portal. (Representational)
Palghar:
A 33-year-old girl from Maharashtra’s Palghar district was allegedly cheated of Rs three.80 lakh by a person she met on a matrimonial web site, police mentioned on Thursday.
An worker of a personal agency, the sufferer got here involved with UK-based Bavin Deve Gouda on a Marathi matrimonial web site in July, an official mentioned.
The accused had allegedly informed the sufferer that he can be travelling to Mumbai to fulfill her and he was sending her a present by means of a courier service, the official mentioned.
The sufferer was later allegedly knowledgeable by the accused that the parcel was held up by an inspection company and she or he must pay a penalty to get it, he mentioned.
Within the course of, the sufferer was conned of Rs three.80 lakh, an quantity which she saved depositing in a checking account given by the accused over a time frame, the official mentioned.
An offence underneath sections 420 (dishonest) and 406 (felony breach of belief) of the IPC was registered on this regard on Tuesday and additional probe is underway, Palghar police PRO Sachin Navadkar mentioned.
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