70-year-old retired major duped of ` 17 lakh

FATEHGARH SAHIB: The district police have arrested a woman and man for allegedly cheating a retired major on the pretext of helping him finding a life partner. The duo had taken ` 17 lakh from him.

The accused have been identified as Karnail Singh, a preacher and Randhir Kaur. Both of them are residents of Ambala.

Palwinder Singh, CIA incharge, said that the victim, retired major 70-year-old Assa Singh, a resident of Ambala told the police that he contacted Randhir Kaur for getting married as he was staying alone in Ambala.

The police further said that Randhir Kaur promised him to find a match in a widow. She demanded ` 8 lakh from the retired major for helping him to get married. She claimed that she had arranged a match for him.

The case took a new turn when she told the retired major that the bride’s brother Mohit Kumar had committed suicide.

Randhir Kaur claimed that the bride’s brother had mentioned the retired major’s name in the suicide note and threatened him that he would be facing a criminal case regarding thematter.

The police said that then the retired major contacted second accused Karnail Singh, a preacher in Ambala who assured him that he knew many senior police officers and he would help him to get out of the situation.

The police said that Karnail Singh took ` 9 lakh from the retired major to settle his case. But after giving money to him, the retired major came to know that neither a match was arranged by Kaur nor her brother had committed suicide and they had hatched a conspiracy to dupe him.