‘Bride’ who duped Umaria man nabbed, gang’s kingpin escapes

BHOPAL: The newly-wed bride, who duped a Umaria-based groom and fled along with jewellery two days after the marriage was nabbed by Gautam Nagar police on Saturday.
The woman along with her uncle, aunt and brother had taken away all the jewellery and vacated the rented accommodation they were living in. Gautam Nagar police registered a case on the victim husband’s complaint.
Police said the fraudster, Mahi, and her accomplice Sheela have been nabbed from Teelajamalpura area while the gang’s kingpin, Rajesh managed to escape.
Complainant, Jeevan Jaat, 28, from Umaria in Dhar district, is a farmer. Last year, through a local pandit, he met Mahi, and decided to marry her. Jeevan was informed that Mahi lived with her uncle, Rajesh Singh, aunt Sheela Singh and a brother at Gautam Nagar locality. He was told by Mahi’s family that they were financially in a bad shape and hence Jaat got the wedding held at his native place in Umaria and bore all the expenses.
After the marriage, Mahi told Jaat that she has a ‘mannat’ and avoided any physical relation with him.
Two days later, she came to Bhopal from Umaria with all her jewellery and dress material. When she did not return, Jaat reached Bhopal only to find that the family and woman had left the rented accommodation. During interrogation, Mahi told cops that her job was to get married and somehow keep the groom away from her for three days. Meanwhile, the kingpin, Rajesh, who is her boyfriend, would call her to Bhopal on the pretext of some urgent work and she would flee with all the jewellery and cash from the groom’s home and later go underground.
Mahi, a school dropout, told cops she and her group had conned another youth in a similar manner in Dhar.