2 held from Rajasthan for duping girl of Rs 16 lakh for performing black magic
The victim, who lives in Pydhonie with her mother while her elder brother is abroad for higher studies, is in Class 12. She had fallen in love with a man in his mid-twenties and wanted to marry him, but her mother did not approve.
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Based on technical evidence, the crime branch arrested both accused in Rajasthan on Friday and brought them to Mumbai.The Mumbai crime branch’s Unit 2 arrested two men from Rajasthan for allegedly duping an 18-year-old girl of Rs 16 lakh under the pretext of performing black magic to “change her mother’s mind” and allow her to marry her lover.
Once the girl realised she had been cheated and fearing her mother’s reaction she fabricated a story that a burglar had stolen cash and gold ornaments from the house.
The arrested accused have been identified as Vikas Manoj Kumar Meghwal (22) and Manoj Shyamsunder Nagpal (30), residents of Ganganagar, Rajasthan. According to police, the duo had similarly duped two other girls in Delhi and Haryana, but for smaller amounts, so FIRs were not filed in those cases.
The victim, who lives in Pydhonie with her mother while her elder brother is abroad for higher studies, is in Class 12. She had fallen in love with a man in his mid-twenties and wanted to marry him, but her mother did not approve.
Upset, she came across posts on social media offering services like “Khoya Hua Pyaar Paye 24 Ghante Me,” “Lost love back,” and “Adhura Pyar Pane Ke Tarike.” She called the number in one such post, which was answered by Meghwal.
The accused allegedly assured her that black magic could change her mother’s mind. “The accused demanded money, and the girl deposited Rs 3.18 lakh kept at home by her mother into his bank account,” said a police officer.
Later, Meghwal told her that performing black magic on a “fish made in gold” would completely convince her mother to approve the marriage. The girl then agreed to hand over her mother’s gold ornaments. On July 31, the accused came to Mumbai, met her near her house, and took gold worth Rs13 lakh, said Crime Branch Inspector Dilip Tejankar.
The incident came to light the same evening when the mother found the cash was missing. When questioned, the girl claimed she had left the house door open while visiting her grandmother nearby, and that an unknown person had stolen the valuables, Tejankar added.
The mother lodged a burglary complaint at the Pydhonie police station. Meanwhile, the crime branch, running a parallel probe, found no signs of a break-in. Call data records revealed the girl’s contact with a man in Rajasthan, leading her to confess.
Based on technical evidence, the crime branch arrested both accused in Rajasthan on Friday and brought them to Mumbai. They were produced before a court on Saturday, which sent them to police custody till Monday, Tejankar said.
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