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Maharashtra: Conman who cheated 25 women by marrying them held in UP
Updated On: 12 June, 2026 02:30 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
A 75-year-old woman lodged a complaint with the Nayanagar police in Maharashtra's Thane district on March 4, 2022, stating that the accused—posing as Ajay Agarwal—had responded to a newspaper matrimonial advertisement for her 45-year-old daughter and married her on March 1, 2019

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A man has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly cheating more than 25 women, including physically challenged individuals and divorcees, across multiple states of crores of rupees by marrying them through matrimonial ads, a Maharashtra police official said on Friday, reported PTI.
Arrested While Living Under False Identity
The accused, Anujkumar Chandraprakash Trivedi, was tracked to Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, where he was living under a false identity, and arrested him on May 24, Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar's Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Doiphode told PTI.




