INDIAN EXPRESS
Surat police arrested Bernard Chukwunonsu (26), a resident of Uttamnagar in New Delhi and native of Anambra state in Nigeria, for his alleged involvement in cheating a woman after promising to marry her.
A Nigerian national was arrested Sunday for allegedly duping a Surat woman of Rs 57 lakh.
Surat police arrested Bernard Chukwunonsu (26), a resident of Uttamnagar in New Delhi and native of Anambra state in Nigeria, for his alleged involvement in cheating a woman after promising to marry her.
Surat police commissioner Ajay Kumar Tomar said, “The accused befriended the woman through social media and promised to marry her. The accused and his friend later called her posing as Immigration department officers. They told her that her boyfriend has been caught and a parcel has been seized from him.”
“The caller demanded money to release her boyfriend and the parcel. The woman then deposited Rs. 57.39 lakh in the bank account of the accused between December 1 and December 12. After few days, the accused stopped picking up her calls,” Tomar added.
Police registered an offence under IPC sections 419 (punishment for cheating by personation) , 420 (cheating), 120(b) (criminal conspiracy), and relevant sections of the IT Act.
