NAGPUR: A woman and her family were cheated of Rs35 lakh by an NRI groom who tied the nuptial knot by furnishing false details on a matrimonial site. The woman also became the latest victim of triple talaq.
The 32-year-old fashion designer from Zingabai Takli married Hussain Kakhandki at a resort in Mumbai in February this year after coming across his ‘impressive bio-data’.
On the website, Kakhandki mentioned 32 as his age. He even projected himself as an engineer based in the Middle-East. During the initial introduction, Kakhandki claimed that he was attached to a state-owned petroleum company of Qatar.
He had also furnished a driving licence and Aadhaar card where his date of birth was mentioned as May 27, 1985.
In reality, it came to the fore, much to the horror of the victim, that he was a man aged around 47 years whose passport and some documents had the birth year as 1975. He was found to be an accountant and was already married with two children in Australia.
After their marriage, the city-based woman learnt that Kakhandki’s first wife is in Australia where he was declared bankrupt. He fled Australia and settled in Qatar.
“Even after marriage, my sister caught him trying to look for more women to befriend and marry on matrimonial sites which seemed to be his favourite hunting ground for gullible women looking for a suitable match,” said the relative of the victim.
After having spent almost Rs50-70 lakh for a lavish wedding at a picturesque resort on Mumbai-Pune highway, the family had also given valuables worth Rs35 lakh as dowry. Another Rs10 lakh was given to the groom for his purchases apart from gifts and other items demanded by him.
The woman, who approached Mankapur police, stated in her complaint that her valuables were retained by Kakhandki’s mother Rasheeda, sister Rehana and her husband Aziz Adwakar. An offence has been registered against the four at Mankapur police station.
Senior inspector Ganesh Thakre of Mankapur police station said Kakhandki and his family duped the family by forging documents and furnishing wrong information.