Nigerian national arrested for cheating woman under the pretext of marrying her

Gurgaon Police have arrested a Nigerian national from Mumbai for allegedly cheating a woman of Rs 51,000 by promising to marry her.

The Cyber Cell investigated the case following an FIR by the woman and John Ikena Oputa, a Nigerian national, was arrested from Mumbai, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vivek Sharma said today, adding that police had seized five SIM cards and 12 credit cards from him.

John was produced before judicial magistrate Rajesh Sharma, who sent him to two days' police custody.

According to the complaint, the woman alleged that John had asked her to deposit Rs 51,000 in a bank account. He told her that he needed the amount as deposit at the Mumbai airport to clear Rs 18 crore he had brought from his home country.

Sharma said the woman told investigators that she had deposited Rs 51,000 after John had agreed to marry her.

She said John later asked her to deposit Rs 2.80 lakh more in his account, raising suspicion in her mind. She then filed a case with the police.

According to police sources, the woman came to know the accused through a matrimonial site.

A case under sections 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 34 (common intent) of the IPC and section 12 of the Passport Act was registered at Sadar police station, Sharma said.