Thane: Police have detained a 36-year-old person from Palghar dist. of Maharashtra(MH) for reportedly utilizing a matrimonial site to befriend & rape multiple ladies after alluring them on the pretext of marriage, an officer said on Wed..
The Navi Mumbai (Bombay) police detained the charged, Sachin Sambre, last week, the officer said.
“On May 31, a lady lawyer had registered a case that the charged well-established physical relationship with her by assuring to marry her,” inspector Tukaram Nimbalkar of Rabale Police Station stated.
“On the basis of her case, the police initiated a probe.
The charged, a graduate in Mgmt studies, performed in a private firm in Thane city. After the case, he went escaping, however has been finally traced in Vikramgad last week,” he added further.
After collecting the complaint information, police detained him, he stated.
Charged created profile on matrimonial website
“During this probe, it has been identified that the charged has been already wedded & had a son. Nonetheless, he created his own profile on a matrimonial website. He’d pose as a groom & pretend that he has been in search of a bride from himself,” Nimbalkar stated.
“He’d befriend unmarried ladies using the site & establish physical relationship with them on the false assure of marriage. He’d also extort amount from them,” he stated, adding that the police have till now identified that the charged had duped at the least a dozen ladies in this way.
Charges
Police have booked Sambre under IPC sections 376 (rape), 417 (deceiving) & 509 (Word, gesture (or) act intended to offend the modesty of a lady) & remaining, the officer said.
He was remanded into police custody until Jul 4, he stated.
Police suspect that the charged might have duped some of the extra ladies this way.