Man cheats Andheri-based doctor of Rs 20 lakh over promise of marriage

The accused, Zurin Solanki

The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police arrested a 25-year-old man, who has allegedly duped an Andheri-based doctor of Rs 20 lakh on the pretext of marrying her. The accused, who identified himself as a share broker from Gujarat, took the money from her within a span of 20 days and said that he would invest the same in the share market for their future. Investigation has revealed that he was in touch with four other women, but the police have not received any other complaint till now.

The matrimonial site where they met had his actual picture but he used a fake name - Kshitij Desai. Later the cops found out that his real name is Zurin Solanki.

The complainant, who is a 31-year-old MBBS doctor, was looking for a match on the matrimonial site when she met the accused. "The accused approached her first and started talking to her. After chatting for a few days they fell in love and decided to get married," said a Cyber Cell officer.

Eventually the duo started to speak over video calls. "The complainant never had any doubts as she had seen his picture and used to speak to him over video calls. Usually fraudsters never share their actual picture nor do they communicate on video call," the officer added.

Further investigation revealed that after they met in the first week of November, the accused started asking for money from her on the pretext of investing it in the share market. "The victim got convinced and started transferring money to the account numbers he shared and within 20 days she sent around R20.60 lakh," the officer further added.

The victim belongs to a well-off family and the accused had studied her profile well. "She got suspicious only after she read some articles about matrimonial site frauds and approached us, following which a case was registered," said DCP Rashmi Karandikar.

Thereafter the Cyber Cell officers tracked the accused to Goa's Majestic Cassino. "During the course of investigation he said that he had lost all the money in gambling but we are verifying his claims," an officer said.

The cops have also found that he used to get the money transferred to bank accounts of people associated with him, as he did not have one. Those people would then give him the money in cash. "We are verifying the details of those people and whether they are involved in the crime," the officer added.

It has also been found that the accused has a criminal background. Once he was booked by the VP Road police in a cheating case, and another case was registered against him at the airport police station for assaulting a government servant.

‘The complainant never had any doubts as she had seen his picture and used to speak to him over video calls. Usually fraudsters never share their actual picture nor do they communicate on video call' - An officer from the Cyber Cell.

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No. of days over which the accused took Rs 20 lakh from the doctor.