Man Posing As Army Major Duped 17 Women Of Rs 6.6 Crore On The Pretext Of Marriage, Arrested
Police in Hyderabad have arrested a man who cheated at least 17 women, in the name of marrying them.
The accused, identified as Mudavath Srinu Naik, a native of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh, was arrested from Jawahar Nagar on Sunday.
According to police, Naik had been running his con job for a long time, pretending to be a major in the Indian Army.
He used to introduce himself as M Srinivas Chowhan, and had several photos of him in Army uniform. He even had a rented room, which he told his victims was his office.
Naik, who in reality has studied up to class nine, had even convinced his parents that he was an army officer.
He had also managed to get an Aadhaar card and an M. Tech in environmental engineering from a university in Meghalaya in his fake name.
According to the police, he had been having a free run for six years, during which he cheated 17 women. He was finally caught on Saturday by the Jawahar Nagar police while trying to dupe another woman. The police investigations revealed that Srinu had used the money to buy a duplex house in Hyderabad and three cars, including a Mercedes Benz.
He used to collect information from marriage consultancies or from his friends and trap prospective victims.?
After convincing the prospective bride and her family members about his credentials during video conferences Naik would develop a close relationship with them.
He would then use this and demand money on the pretext of some urgent requirement, and the unsuspecting victims would pay the money, only to learn later that they have been cheated.
According to police, Naik was originally married to a woman who used to work as superintendent in the office of district medical and health officer in Guntur. They have a son and the family lives at Vinukonda in Guntur district.
