PUNE: A 31-year-old woman from Dahanukar Colony in Kothrud has lodged a complaint with the Swargate police, accusing a man of duping her of Rs 27,000 on the pretext of marriage.
The two had become friends through a cellphone-based messaging service. The woman, working with a travel and tourism firm, said the suspect had introduced himself to be an IT engineer working in the UK.
He allegedly duped her between September 23 and September 29 by taking Rs 12,000 to exchange foreign currency. The suspect later took Rs 15,000 from her firm on the promise of hiring its services for his team in London.
Swargate police Inspector Macchindra Pandit told TOI that the woman initially did not approach them. The incident came to the fore when the cyber crime cell of the Nashik police arrested Abhijit Mahindre, alias Chinmay Joshi (30), a resident of Thane, for duping a married woman from the north Maharashtra city of cash and gold jewellery.
"During questioning, Mahindre revealed that he had duped another woman in Pune," Pandit said.
The police then contacted the woman in Pune and she subsequently lodged the complaint against him. "We have booked him for cheating and criminal breach of trust. We have sought his custody from the Nashik police," Pandit said.
The complainant from Pune had registered her name on a matrimonial site. On September 23, her mother received a message on her mobile messaging service that an engineer from the UK was looking for a bride with "modern thinking".
Pandit said, "When her mother contacted on the number, the suspect introduced himself as Chinmay Joshi and told her he would like to meet her daughter."
The suspect came to Pune and met the complainant. He promised to marry the woman and even took her to the UK. He once took Rs 12,000 from her on the pretext of exchange of foreign currency. "He later visited the woman's office and took Rs 15,000 from her employer to hire their services for the transport of his team in the UK," Pandit said.
When the suspect started asking for more money, the woman became suspicious. He then stopped contacting her.
Pandit said, "Mahindre is now in the custody of the Nashik police. We have written to them and will take him in our custody soon."
Incidentally, the suspect had used almost a similar operandi to dupe the woman in Nashik (see box). He had befriended a a 40-year-old married woman through a social networking site by posing as an IT engineer from the UK. Both of them became friends and started chatting on a mobile messaging service. She was duped of Rs 1.8 lakh and gold jewellery.
The two had become friends through a cellphone-based messaging service. The woman, working with a travel and tourism firm, said the suspect had introduced himself to be an IT engineer working in the UK.
He allegedly duped her between September 23 and September 29 by taking Rs 12,000 to exchange foreign currency. The suspect later took Rs 15,000 from her firm on the promise of hiring its services for his team in London.
Swargate police Inspector Macchindra Pandit told TOI that the woman initially did not approach them. The incident came to the fore when the cyber crime cell of the Nashik police arrested Abhijit Mahindre, alias Chinmay Joshi (30), a resident of Thane, for duping a married woman from the north Maharashtra city of cash and gold jewellery.
"During questioning, Mahindre revealed that he had duped another woman in Pune," Pandit said.
The police then contacted the woman in Pune and she subsequently lodged the complaint against him. "We have booked him for cheating and criminal breach of trust. We have sought his custody from the Nashik police," Pandit said.
The complainant from Pune had registered her name on a matrimonial site. On September 23, her mother received a message on her mobile messaging service that an engineer from the UK was looking for a bride with "modern thinking".
Pandit said, "When her mother contacted on the number, the suspect introduced himself as Chinmay Joshi and told her he would like to meet her daughter."
The suspect came to Pune and met the complainant. He promised to marry the woman and even took her to the UK. He once took Rs 12,000 from her on the pretext of exchange of foreign currency. "He later visited the woman's office and took Rs 15,000 from her employer to hire their services for the transport of his team in the UK," Pandit said.
When the suspect started asking for more money, the woman became suspicious. He then stopped contacting her.
Pandit said, "Mahindre is now in the custody of the Nashik police. We have written to them and will take him in our custody soon."
Incidentally, the suspect had used almost a similar operandi to dupe the woman in Nashik (see box). He had befriended a a 40-year-old married woman through a social networking site by posing as an IT engineer from the UK. Both of them became friends and started chatting on a mobile messaging service. She was duped of Rs 1.8 lakh and gold jewellery.
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