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8 Nigerians held for duping Hyd woman
8 Nigerians held for duping Hyd woman. According to the police, the cyber crime team arrested prime accused Udunna Chukwuma Collions, Adevayo Olabanji and six others in connection with the case.
Hyderabad: In less than a day after the report of two Nigerians along with a Manipuri being held for duping a woman Assistant Professor hit the headlines, the Cyberabad police disclosed that they had arrested eight Nigerians from Delhi for allegedly cheating a city-based woman of Rs 5.4 lakh. One of the arrested has been accused of luring the woman by promising to marry her.
According to the police, the cyber crime team arrested prime accused Udunna Chukwuma Collions, Adevayo Olabanji and six others in connection with the case. The woman lodged a complaint with the police in August this year stating that she had registered her details with ‘Simply Marry’ matrimonial website. In February last year, she got a marriage proposal from a member on the same portal by name Garry Philles.
Both of them exchanged their email IDs and they discussed about themselves and their families, the police said. The prime accused Udunna, posing as Garry, told the complainant that he was employed as a civil consultant with Delhi Metro and needed to return to Florida, US, after his contract got over in March this year, the police said.
“The accused showed genuine interest in meeting her and her parents and offered to come to Hyderabad before leaving for the US and to settle the marriage proposal,” the police said. In the meantime, the woman went to the UK in April this year and asked Garry to meet her there, though he did not meet her. They finally decided to meet in India after the woman returned in June.
However, Garry called her and informed that he came to India but was detained by customs officers on his return for carrying huge cash, gift articles and other valuables. “The prime accused contacted the victim over phone and made her believe that if she did not pay the money, a case would be registered against him and also her,” the police said.
Another accused Adevayo contacted the victim posing as a RBI officer and allegedly made her to deposit Rs 5.4 lakh into the bank accounts provided by the remaining accused. During the course of investigation, a police team nabbed the eight Nigerians on October 8 from Delhi. Besides, they also arrested another Nigerian Chigozie John on October 8 during raids and seized 10.6 kg of pseudo-ephedrine drug worth about Rs 10 crore from him.
