Nagpur: A senior woman auditor with the Principal Accountant General’s office was allegedly cheated of ₹22,06,200 by a man who posed as an Army major and promised to marry her, police said. The accused allegedly contacted the woman through a defence matrimony website, claimed to be a major with the Indian Army’s Rashtriya Rifles and gained her trust before seeking money to start a transport business.
The incident took place in the Beltarodi police station area. After receiving the money, the accused allegedly stopped communicating with the woman.
According to police, Neha Shashi Singh, 41, a resident of Narendra Nagar, works as a senior auditor at the Principal Accountant General’s Audit-2 office. She was divorced in 2018 and created a profile on a defence matrimony website in July 2022 while seeking a life partner.
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She subsequently became acquainted with Mandeep Sunil Sharma, 32, a resident of Hatwar village in Ghumarwin tehsil of Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district. Sharma had identified himself as an Army major on his matrimony profile. During their conversations, he told Singh that he was posted with the Rashtriya Rifles in Jammu and Kashmir. He also sent her photographs and videos of himself in an Army uniform, allegedly strengthening her trust in him.
Promised marriage, sought money for business
As their acquaintance grew, Sharma allegedly told Singh that he would marry her soon and assured her that the marriage would take place in February 2023. He then reportedly told her that he planned to leave the Army and start a transport business, and sought financial assistance for it.
Trusting his claims and promise of marriage, Singh decided to provide him with money. She took loans from her office society and a bank, and transferred a total of ₹22,06,200 in instalments through net banking and PhonePe to bank accounts belonging to Sharma and his cousin.
Accused allegedly changed behaviour after receiving money
After receiving the money, Sharma allegedly began avoiding conversations with Singh. When she asked him to return the money, he repaid only ₹50,000 and later stopped answering her calls.
After repeated attempts to contact him went unanswered, Singh realised that she had allegedly been defrauded and filed a complaint at the Beltarodi police station.
Police investigating alleged identity fraud
Based on the complaint, Beltarodi police registered a case against Sharma under Sections 170, 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Police are investigating whether the accused had actually served in the Army, how accurate the information on his matrimony profile was and how the money obtained from the woman was used.
