Crime Branch Jammu produced charge sheet against accused-Vikram Singh Barnala S/o Ramesh Chander Barnala R/o House No. 572 Khokharai GaliNo. 1 LadoSarai New Delhi A/P 16/9 IInd Floor Kishangarh Vasant Kunj NewDelhi-110070 in case FIR No.24/2018 U/s 420,465,467,468,471 RPC for enticingthe complainant through a matrimonial website www. shaadi.com on the pretext of wedding, a gift pack and cheating /duping her of hard earned money.

       In a written complaint, it was alleged that the complainant got a marriage proposal and accepted the same from the accused who introduced himself as a businessman from London whose wife had died in a road accident. He wanted to settle in India.Both the complainant and the accused shared email addresses and contactnumbers. The accused told the complainant that he would be coming to India fora meeting with some business clients and assured her to meet her parents forthe marriage proposal.  The complainantwas told by the accused that he would be sending her a gift pack of goldJewellery, Apple iPhone, laptop, perfume, and foreign currency through courierservice as a token of love & tradition for which complainant was requiredto pay a meager amount of custom duty.Trusting the accused the complainantinitially transferred first installment of money in one of the account numbersof the fraudster purportedly as custom duty, however on being demanded more money for release of the gift pack, the complainant sensed herself beingdefrauded.  

On receipt of the complaint, a preliminary verification was initiated which substantiated the allegations against the defrauder andaccordingly the instant case was registered. During the course of investigation evidence was collected which proved the allegations of cheating committed byaccused and defrauding the complainant of his money. The charge-sheet againstaccused was produced in the Hon’ble Sub-JudgeCourt, Jammu on 24-12-2019.