Gulshana Riaz Khan, a 21-year-old girl has allegedly married at least 12 men, only to vanish within hours, taking away jewellery, cash and other valuables she received in the multiple marriages.
Each incident follows a near-identical script. The wedding takes place, the groom and his family are full of hope, and before the celebrations can settle, the bride is “abducted” where she disappears with the loot.
In real life, Gulshana is married to Riyaz Khan, a tailor from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, who reportedly receives a 5 per cent share of her gang’s earnings.
On Thursday, her run came to an end when Ambedkar Nagar police arrested her along with eight members of the syndicate near Kasadaha village.
Gulshana and her gang confessed to defrauding at least 12 families. Their strategy included fake identities, fake documents and emotional manipulation of families struggling to find matches for their sons.
Once the “settlement amount” was received, the bride vanished. Police have filed cases under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to cheating, criminal conspiracy and forgery
Police seized Rs 72,000 in cash, a motorcycle, a gold mangalsutra, 11 mobile phones and three fake Aadhaar cards.
The gang, comprising five women and four men, included individuals from Haryana, Jaunpur and Ambedkar Nagar. All played roles in the operation, from posing as relatives to managing logistics. Among the arrested were Mohanlal (34), Ratan Kumar Saroj (32), Ranjan alias Ashu Gautam (22), Rahul Raj (30), Sanno alias Sunita (36), Poonam (33), Manju Mali (29) and Rukhsar (21).
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