Bhubaneswar: The man with five wives and a number of fraud cases against him will be taken on remand on Tuesday said reports. The SDJM court in Bhubaneswar has allowed a 10-day remand for the alleged accused. The police shall question him about his modus operandi.
The man with five wives had been arrested from Jajpur district of Odisha on account of huge number of fraud cases on August 3. There were as many as 49 more women who where in the waiting to marry him.
The Cuttack and Bhubaneswar Commissionerate police has arrested a youth identified as Satyajit Samal for various accounts of fraud with numerous women. The youth belonged to Binjharpur area of Jajpur district. The man had told all the women that he was an Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer and had also given them a biodata with this information.
According to reports, a trap was laid to catch him. A woman police chatted with him and called him from Dubai to Bhubaneswar where he was arrested. The fraudster used to target rich widows and divorcees only. He used to talk to them, make false promises and then marry them. Later he used to take huge loans in their names and then disappear.
Police Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda said in a presser earlier today said that the fraud with multiple wives had committed these huge number of fraudulent acts and then escaped to Dubai. Hard cash worth Rs. 2.10 lakh, three cars, one bullet and three bank accounts were recovered from his possession. Detailed reports are awaited in this regard.
Back in the year 2022, a 54-year-old romeo from Odisha’s Kendrapara identified as Ramesh Chandra Swain had been arrested. He had married 14 women from various cities including Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Delhi. He had created several profiles with a high qualification background on various online wedding websites. Using these fake profiles, he used to trap women from across the country and tie knots with them.