The Pune Police of Maharashtra has revealed an international online fraud scandal. Police claim that an Indian -origin Australian citizen cheated the woman ₹ 3.6 crore and disappeared from the woman by pretending to be married. The accused made a fake profile on the matrimonial website and first implicated the woman in Premjal, then grabbed the amount of crores in the name of investment in business. The police arrested the accused from Mumbai Airport.
On Thursday, the police said that those who have been victims of similar fraud and whom the accused ‘Dr. Rohit is cheated in the name of Oberoi, they can come forward and file a complaint.
The real name of the accused is Abhishek Shukla and he is a resident of Lucknow. Australian passport has been recovered from him. He was arrested from Mumbai Airport on Wednesday.
The woman made a profile in search of a spouse
Pune, Additional Police Commissioner (Crime) of Pune, Pankaj Deshmukh said, the woman is originally from Delhi and currently lives in Pune. He made a profile on a matrimonial portal in search of a spouse. The accused contacted him in 2023. First friendship and then promised to marry and won her trust. After that both of them stayed together in Pune and other parts of India.
After divorce, woman got a living allowance of 5 crores
Deshmukh said, the woman was divorced and her first marriage had received a living allowance of ₹ 5 crore and she was planning to start a business focusing on mindfulness and spirituality for children. When the accused came to know about his financial situation, he made a plan for a fake international business plan and implicated the woman in his words. Later, he got money transferred in the name of investment.
Police said that Abhishek Shukla introduced the woman to her two alleged companions ‘Evon Handyani’ and ‘Vincent Kuan’. Both of them allegedly lived in Singapore. He persuaded the woman to transfer money to various Indian and bank accounts in Singapore.
The police officer said that the woman transferred a total of ₹ 3,60,18,540 to various accounts. Later, the accused claimed that he had had mouth cancer and gradually stopped contact with the woman.
Deshmukh said, in September 2024, the woman received an email in the name of ‘Vincent Kuan’ which said that ‘Dr. Rohit Oberoi has died. The woman suspected and gave this information to a friend, who expressed her fear of cheating.
After that the woman realized the cheating and filed a complaint at Pune Cyber Police Station in November 2024. During the investigation, the police came to know that the real name of the accused is Abhishek Shukla and he lives in the city of Perth, Australia. The police registered a case of cheating on him and issued a look-out circular (LOC).
On Wednesday, the police received information that Shukla is coming from Singapore to Mumbai. The team under the leadership of Sub -Inspector Sushil Damre laid siege to Mumbai Airport and arrested Shukla. Deshmukh further said, technical investigation revealed that the accused ‘Dr. In the name of Rohit Oberoi, at least 3,194 women were sent messages through the matrimonial website. Since, the scope of fraud can be very wide. Further investigation is on.
Senior Inspector Swapnali Shinde of Pune Cyber Police has appealed that if a woman is cheated by this accused, then they can contact the police through email-crimecyber.pune@nic or phone number- 7058719371 /75.