Who Are 'Daku Dulhan', 'Looteri Dulhan'? Know Their Wedding Scripts Before Zeroing In Your Bride

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02-05-2025

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Despite all the checks, what if you feel stuck after marriage? Know the movie-like con scripts of these 'Looteri Dulhan', 'Daku Dulhan' before your wedding.
Those looking for prospective groom or a bride are swamped with thoughts of what should be his/her qualities, the general behaviour, professional skills, etc. You may find several discussions on social media too on this topic. But, despite all the checks and perfect compatibility, what if you feel stuck or worst — traumatized — after marriage? Yes, this is also a reality of our society? Meet 'Looteri Dulhan', 'Daku Dulhan' and their male counterparts.
'Daku Dulhan' Is Just 21 Years Old & Has Married 12 Times
Twenty-one-year-old Gulshana Riaz Khan was on Thursday arrested by Uttar Pradesh police, who dubbed her 'Daku Dulhan'. She posed as Kajal in Gujarat, Seema in Haryana, Neha in Bihar, and Sweety in Uttar Pradesh. But her script was the same every time — a shocking tragedy.
The carefully scripted con: According to a report in Times of India, Gulshana was abducted straight from her wedding venue, or soon afterwards, with all her jewellery, cash and other valuables, by a gang of four-five men. Her grooms never got to hear from her. And the distraught bride was soon back on matrimonial websites and other social media platforms, looking for fresh preys!
'Daku Dulhan', in real life, is married to Riyaz Khan, a tailor in UP's Jaunpur, who happily — without any objection — takes a five per cent cut on the booties she nets for the gang.
Ambedkar Nagar SP Keshav Kumar was quoted as saying that the gang's run ended near Kasadaha village under Baskhari police limits, where a police team caught all nine members red-handed.
• In December last year, police arrested Uttarakhand native Seema, often known as Nikki, after 10 years of being into the 'business" of marrying several men. She had collected a total of Rs 1.25 crore from them in the guise of settlements. She reportedly blackmailed wealthy men by marrying them and fabricating cases against their families.
• A gang in Greater Noida was busted last year in December for targeting both prospect brides and grooms. They would target men and women struggling to get married, set up an entire matchmaking process with fake family members and then vanish during a post-wedding ritual. According to a report in Indian Express, seven days after the wedding, the married woman would come back to her parent's house for a final farewell or 'vidaai' — with the wedding finery — and would never return.
• A similar 'looteri dulhan' was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Banda last year. She too operated with a gang. First, the men in the gang would identify targets and introduce them to Poonam. They would charge money for the 'match-making'. Then Poonam would get married in a simple court wedding, and go to the groom's home. On spotting an opportunity, she would steal jewellery and money from his home and flee.
• In 2023, a woman fled from her husband's home just a week after marriage with Rs 1.3 lakh. She demanded that her husband give her the amount for her 'ailing mother" but refused to let him meet the mother-in-law. Once she got the money, she vanished from the house. When the husband went to a police station to file a complaint, he found out that another man was duped in a similar fashion. It turned out that it was the same woman when both shared pictures.
• In 2023, over a dozen men in Jammu and Kashmir were conned by a 30-year-old woman who married each of them only to flee with mehr money and gold. The accused, Shaheen Akhtar, was arrested in Nowshera town in Rajouri. She was taken into custody based on a complaint filed by Mohammed Altaf Mar, who accused Shaheen of duping him after marriage. The complaint had opened a pandora's box as several men came forwards with similar allegations against Shaheen.
First Published:
May 02, 2025, 14:43 IST