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Because he did not have bills for the jewellery in his luggage and another Rs1 lakh was required as a fee, he said the woman received another message on Aug 21 claiming that the man had been detained.
An officer from the Chandannagar police said she worked for a software company in Pune. The two started communicating, and the man told her that he planned to settle in Pune. She then realised that she had been cheated and approached the police,” the officer said.
She registered on a matrimonial website in Jan. In July, she received a request from a man claiming to be from Belgium. During a subsequent call, the complainant realised that a woman was posing as an officer and speaking to her in English. “The complainant became suspicious after the bogus officer refused to speak in Hindi and abruptly disconnected the call.
The woman lodged a complaint with the Chandannagar police on Thursday.