04 August,2023 04:49 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The police in Maharashtra registered a case against a 35-year-old man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly tying the nuptial knot with a second woman without revealing that he was already married and cheating her financially, an official said on Friday, reported the PTI.
In her complaint, the second wife said that she got in touch with the accused Himmatsingh Chowdhary, a resident of Kharghar in Navi Mumbai, through a matrimonial site.
She told the police that Chowdhary claimed that he was an Army official and worked in the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), India's external intelligence agency, according to the PTI.
The 36-year-old woman, who is into the job of selling medicines, said they married in 2021 following which Chowdhary took Rs 3 lakh from her and then mortgaged her jewellery worth Rs 4 lakh. She also alleged that Chowdhary started harassing her, as per the PTI.
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The woman said she later found that Chowdhary was already married.
The station house officer at Kharghar police station said they registered a case a few days ago against Chowdhary under Indian Penal Code sections, including 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 495 (hiding earlier marriage), 420 (cheating), and 170 (personating a public servant).
No arrest has been made yet, he added.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 49-year-old man allegedly lost Rs 2.24 crore to insurance fraud in Maharashtra's Raigad district, an official said on Thursday, reported the PTI.
In his complaint to the police, the resident of Kamothe, near Mumbai, said he lost the money over three years, the official said, according to the PTI.
The man, whose occupation was recorded as service by the police, allegedly received a call before August 2020 from a person who claimed to be from insurance regulator IRDAI's Integrated Grievance Management System, earlier known as IGMS.
The caller promised to get the complainant Rs 58 lakh by facilitating the premature closure of his insurance policy, the official said citing the first information report (FIR).
Between August 2020 and July 31, the fraudster smooth-talked the complainant to shell out nearly Rs 2.24 crore under the pretext of several procedural fees and taxes, the official said.
(with PTI inputs)
