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Conman who cheated highly educated women on matrimonial sites arrested

Conman who cheated highly educated women on matrimonial sites arrested
, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 (12:45 IST)
Thane: police arrested a 32 year old Computer Graduate who allegedly wooed aspiring women on marriage website and cheated them the police said on Monday.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police Vashi Vinayak Vast told this correspondent that it was on January 29, 2021 the accused had molested a woman who was on her way from Vashi to Belapur. When the complainant woman resisted he abused her the police said.

The accused had come into contact with the woman over the marriage website. An offence was registered against the accused under sections 354A,and 504 of the IPC with the APMC Police station the probe which was taken up by the police.
 
The probe team of the APMC police station worked on various inputs including the technical and intelligence and zeroed on the accused whose name was given as Mahesh @ Karan manoj Gupta, ME(COM), and from Mira Road, original resident of Malad Mumbai.

The police arrested him from Malad, Malvani on Sunday and during interrogation several startling information was revealed. The first one was he usually targeted highly educated women.
 
He had registered himself in the Jeevansathi.com, under the name Karan, and claimed to be a businessman. Once the highly educated women contacted him believing his profile he used to call them to pub, malls, and restaurant and during their meeting made advances towards them.
 
The accused had worked in a renowned software company as a data operator and was well versed with the operations of softwares and using the same used to change his sim cards frequently and never used the one he had used earlier.
 
To conceal his identity and contact he never used the data of his cell and made use of the server with the other sim card with different name and with the phone booked Ola and Uber for his trips.
 
He had also worked as a hacker for some time and was well versed with the computer systems.
 
He was presented before a local magistrate who remanded him into four days police custody the police said and added that they are presently finding out if he had cheated any more women in the similar manner. The police have also appealed to the women if cheated by him to get in touch with the NM police in connection with the crime.
 
The police are also finding out if any such offences are registered against him earlier.(UNI) 

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