Surat: A 27-year-old textile unit owner was duped of Rs 2 lakh by a woman from Mumbai who developed friendship with him on social media and promised to marry him. Police booked Priyanka Jain alias Ankita Shah, a resident of Mira Road in Mumbai and Asfaq alias Javed Shaikh for allegedly duping Shanti Sorathiya, a resident of Punagam.
In his complaint, Sorathiya alleged that the he met Jain over Facebook in August 2020.
They later shared their contact numbers and started talking and that she even started evincing interest in marrying him.
Gradually, Jain started started demanding money from Sorathiya citing various expenditures including deposit for rent, electricity bill which he gave in different amounts. Later, when he started inquiring about marriage, the woman flatly refused.