'PCS officer’ bride vanishes with 14 tola gold, cash after marrying AAP neta; 6 booked
A Punjab Civil Services officer candidate and her relatives have been booked for allegedly defrauding an Aam Aadmi Party official through a fake marriage. The woman reportedly fabricated her identity, employment status, and personal history to deceive the complainant.
Why it matters
This case highlights the risks of identity fraud and the potential for high-profile political figures to be targeted in elaborate social engineering scams.
FATEHGARH SAHIB: Fatehgarh Sahib police have booked a woman from Tarn Taran and five of her relatives for allegedly duping an Aam Aadmi Party functionary into marriage by posing as a Punjab Civil Services (PCS) officer and concealing her previous marriage.Police said the woman, a resident of a village in Bhikhiwind, allegedly left her matrimonial home on August 27 with 14 tolas of gold jewellery and Rs 1 lakh in cash.The complainant, Amarinder Singh Mandofal (33), an AAP Punjab joint secretary, Zila Parishad member and chairman of the Sirhind Market Committee, married the woman on February 10 this year. The Punjab assembly speaker and senior AAP leaders, including a cabinet minister, attended the wedding ceremony.According to the FIR, the woman claimed to be an executive PCS officer posted in Jalandhar and later said she had been given charge as additional deputy commissioner in Mohali.
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