Serial bride accused of cheating several men arrested in Nagpur
Nagpur, Aug 2 (PTI) A woman has been arrested in Nagpur in Maharashtra for allegedly duping more than a dozen men after marrying them, a police official said on Saturday.
Samira Fatima alias Samrala alias Seema was held from a tea stall in Civil Lines area following a tip off, the Gittikhadan police station official said.
'She had been absconding for more than a year. She married businessman Ghulam Pathan and then filed a rape case against him after taking money. Pathan approached Gttikhadan police, following which a probe began. She also cheated a bank manager this way by posing a divorced school teacher. He had filed a case at Manakpur police station after facing blackmail and an extortion demand of Rs 50 lakh," the official said.
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