Man poses as 'excise officer, widower' to dupe three women into marriage, tricks into taking lakhs in loans

NEW DELHI: A man has been booked for allegedly tricking three women into marriage by falsely claiming to be a "widower" and an "excise department employee," while also convincing one of them to take a loan worth lakhs in her name, Uttar Pradesh police said on Saturday.
"Kiran, who had been a divorcee, alleged that she met Rajan in 2019. He falsely introduced himself as an excise department employee and claimed to be a widower with no children," Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) at Robertsganj station, Kalu Singh told news agency PTI.
According to ASP Singh, Kiran and Rajan married at a Varanasi temple in 2022 and lived together for two years. During this period, Rajan reportedly persuaded Kiran to obtain a Rs 42 lakh loan, saying it was needed for construction of a house.
Kiran filed a police complaint after learning that Rajan was not an excise department employee in Lalitpur, where he claimed to have been transferred.
Singh confirmed that an investigation into Rajan Gehlot had been launched after Kiran, an assistant teacher from Sant Kabir Nagar, filed a complaint.
Further investigation revealed that Rajan had also married Sarita, a teacher from Ambedkar Nagar, in 2014. But Rajan's relationship with Sarita, with whom he had a child, eventually turned sour, leading her to file an FIR against him at the Women's Police Station in Ambedkar Nagar in 2016.
Similarly, a third woman, Neelima Singh, contacted the police alleging that Rajan had deceived her into marriage by misrepresenting his job background.
"The three women expressed concerns that the accused might have committed the fraud with other women as well," ASP Singh said.