Bizarre: Fake Army Major dupes 17 Women of Crores by promising Marriage

A fraudster who posed as a major in the Indian Army duped 17 women by promising to marry them & collected Rs 6.6 crore in dowry. He was arrested from his house by the Hyderabad Police on Saturday. Using the money, the man had bought himself a house & 3 cars, including a Mercedes Benz.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said M Srinu Naik, a native of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh, got married to a superintendent in DM&HO office, Guntur, in 2002. In 2014, he migrated to Hyderabad. 

He first informed his family that he became a major in the Army. He obtained an Aadhaar card with a date of birth of Aug 27, 1986, instead of 1979, which is his actual year of birth. 

The Police Chief said that “He procured a fake Army ID card in the name of M S Chauhan, purchased an Army uniform, caps, shoes, insignia, toy pistols, among other things. He dressed in the military fatigues & took photographs. Later, he posted the photos on social media".

He also obtained fake education certificate of M Tech from a university in Meghalaya.

He used to collect information from marriage consultancies or from his friends & trap prospective brides impersonating as a major in the Indian Army. To make them believe, he would show fake Army ID & photos.

Until recently, he met 17 families & impressed them. The women had given their consent to marry him & he collected dowry from their families.

Anjani Kumar said that “With the Rs 6.6 crore dowry, he bought a house, a Mercedes Benz car, Mahendra Thar jeep & a Fortuner".

Police said the accused was supposed to get engaged on Friday, but he was nabbed after they got a complaint from one of his victims. Rachakonda police registered two different cases apart from the case by Hyderabad police. Until police nabbed him, most of the brides besides his wife were unaware that he conned them as a major in the Indian Army.

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