Ahmedabad: When the 30-year-old Patel Kalpesh (name changed) was offered a chance not only to date, meeting, having physical relationships with women but also getting money for this activity, he could not believe his luck.
However, when he lost Rs 7 Lakh without the opportunity to meet even a woman, he realized that he had been overall cheated.
The resident of the new ranip approached the cyber crime cell and filed a complaint against the defendant.
A team led by Inspector M H Puwar Understanding Akash Lalwani, 21, and Jaimika Patel, 32, both the population of Vadodara, in connection with this case.
Duo is captured with several financial documents, SIM cards and cellphones.
Patel told the police that he was in contact with one Priyanka Patel through social media in March.
After several chat exchanges, Priyanka claimed that he was running a companion company that had a woman who was very famous as a client.
He said he could get lakh if he was ready to date, met and developed physical relationships with these women.
“Patel agreed and, in a matter of three months, the defendant took him to exit Rs 7 lakh on one or other pretext.
After he could not meet even one woman after paying so much money, Patel was disappointed and finally approached the police.
He has a monthly salary of Rs 15,000 , and have lost the money he gets from his mother, “said a city official Cybercell.
Puwar said, “We ask citizens to approach cyber cells if they have been cheated using the same modus operandi.
They might get an offer from the social media profile on behalf of several other girls.
The victims often do not approach the police if the amount involved is not too big or If they don’t want their families to know about fraud.
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