Johnson, a 40-year-old Nigerian man, was detained in Delhi, India, on suspicion of raping a woman from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, via a matrimonial website.
The Rajnandgaon police arrested the culprit after he allegedly defrauded the woman of N9,100,000 by claiming to be interested in marrying her.
Police discovered that Johnson had been secretly residing in Delhi long after his passport and visa had expired.
On a matrimonial website, the accused made a fake profile that included the victim’s profile, the police said.
He pretended to be a businessman from the UK who was looking to expand to India in order to win the woman’s trust.
He with the woman through his friend and said he was stuck at the Delhi airport and needed money to exchange the UK currency he had.
“He blackmailed the woman and cheated her of ₹15,72,000 (approximately N9,100,000) with the help of his accomplice,” Rahul Dev Sharma, the Additional Superintendent of Police at Rajnandgaon, said.
The victim discovered that his phone was off when she later attempted to call him. The woman filed a fraud report with the Dongargarh Police cyber cell after realizing she had been duped.
“We started an investigation on the complaint of the applicant. With the help of a cyber cell, it was found that the accused lives in Delhi. Our team raided his Delhi accommodation and arrested him,” Sharma stated.
“Accused Johnson is a citizen of Nigeria. He has cheated on many girls so far. We are trying to gather further information through interrogation.”
The police also reported that the accused’s bank account has been frozen and that they had found a laptop and four cell phones.
