The Dindoshi police are searching for an accused who befriended a widow on a matrimonial site by posing as a widower and then allegedly fled with her jewellery worth more than Rs 17 lakh just a couple of months after their marriage. According to police sources, the accused, identified as Parmod Naik, 51, was allegedly working as a financial head in an event company. He befriended the 50-year-old complainant, a widow, on a matrimonial site last year.

The complainant lost her first husband in an accident in 2008 and had been living in Vile Parle, supported by her 28-year-old daughter. After dedicating herself to raising and educating her daughter, she finally arranged her daughter’s marriage in December 2024. Concerned about being left alone after the wedding, her daughter and relatives encouraged her to remarry and helped register her profile on a matrimonial site.