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A 45-year-old aesculapian practitioner has reportedly mislaid ₹22.25 lakh successful an alleged matrimonial app fraud aft being duped by a conman posing arsenic a Germany-based ophthalmologist connected the app.
According to the ailment filed with the East Division Cyber Crime Police connected Friday, the unfortunate downloaded the app connected December 20, 2025, and received a effect from a illustration that identified itself arsenic Dr. Ganesh Barman, who claimed to beryllium an ophthalmologist moving successful Berlin, Germany. The accused allegedly stated that helium was divorced, surviving with his seven-year-old girl who was studying successful a boarding school, and were readying to relocate to India by February 2026 to found a infirmary successful Delhi.
The connection initially began done the app and aboriginal shifted to WhatsApp calls and messages from an planetary number. The accused reportedly told the unfortunate that helium had sent agents to grip the groundwork for the infirmary task helium had initiated successful India.
The complainant alleged that the accused aboriginal claimed his planetary slope relationship had go non-functional and sought her assistance successful transferring funds to his “agents” successful India. Between January 9 and January 24, 2026, she transferred wealth from her Axis Bank relationship to aggregate slope accounts provided by the accused. She besides sought fiscal assistance from her brother-in-law, who transferred funds done RTGS/NEFT from his Kotak Mahindra Bank account.
The full magnitude transferred done UPI and slope transactions to assorted accounts was stated to beryllium ₹22,25,070.
After realising that she had been cheated, the unfortunate contacted the Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 and stopped each connection with the accused. A ailment has been registered, and further probe is nether mode to hint the fraudsters and the beneficiary accounts involved.
