In Sikar district, Rajasthan, a criminal gang operating as a family defrauded Taranchand and his two sons by arranging fake marriages. Bhagat Singh approached Taranchand, claiming his two daughters, Kajal and Tamanna, were unmarried but his family was too poor to pay for wedding expenses. After Taranchand paid 1.1 million rupees (11 lakh) for wedding venue bookings and arrangements, a double wedding took place on May 21, 2024, at a guest house in Govind Hospital. Two days after the wedding, on the morning of May 24, 2024, both brides and their family fled the guest house taking cash and gold jewelry. Taranchand's family reported the fraud to the police on May 26, 2024. Sikar police arrested Bhagat Singh six months later on December 18, 2024, subsequently arrested Kajal, and eventually located and arrested Tamanna in a rented flat in Gurugram, Haryana, where she was allegedly targeting another victim.
Country: India
State/Province: Rajasthan, India
City/Region: Sikar
Incident Type: Non-Murder
Relationship Status: Married
Relationship Duration: 3 days
Incident Date: May 21, 2024
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2024-05-21
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
UP और Haryana के कुंवारे लड़कों को ठगा, पुलिस ने पकड़ा तो भी मुस्कराती रही लुटेरी दुल्हन
Financial Conflict
The case follows a classic 'robber bride' (luteri dulhan) marriage fraud pattern where an organized family gang identifies bachelor men from relatively well-off households. The offender family Fabricates financial hardship, requests upfront funding for wedding expenses, conducts the marriage ceremony, resides with the grooms briefly to lower suspicion, and then absconds with cash, gifts, and gold jewelry.
The victim family lodged an official police complaint on May 26, 2024, five days after the May 21 wedding. Sikar police utilized digital surveillance, call detail records (CDR), and mobile location tracking to locate the suspects. Father Bhagat Singh was arrested on December 18, 2024, followed by elder daughter Kajal. Sikar police tracked Tamanna to a rented flat in Saraswati Enclave, Gurugram, Haryana, arresting her while she was allegedly attempting to trick another individual. Charges center on multi-district marriage fraud and theft.
Initially, the grooms assumed their new brides had stepped out briefly for morning prayers or household chores. Confusion gave way to alarm only when telephone lines of the entire suspect family were simultaneously switched off, prompting a review of guest house CCTV footage and an inventory of missing gold jewelry.
Bhagat Singh befriended Taranchand in late 2023 or early 2024, establishing trust before proposing a double marriage between their children under the guise of financial hardship. After securing 1.1 million rupees, the wedding took place on May 21, 2024. On May 24, 2024, the suspect family quietly exited the guest house with gold and cash. Following six months of digital tracking, police arrested the father in December 2024 and subsequently picked up both daughters.
The family gang targeted vulnerable households eager for marriage proposals, relying on emotional manipulation and quick marriage timelines to extract substantial sums. Their repeated execution across multiple jurisdictions in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana underscores an ongoing risk of financial deception until neutral police intervention and formal verification protocols are applied.
Thorough background and police verification of prospective marriage partners and their families are critical safeguards against organized matrimonial scams, particularly when large upfront financial transfers are requested under pressure.
Bhagat Singh insisted on receiving 1.1 million rupees upfront claiming financial inability due to his wife's medical treatment, pressuring the groom's family to finance all venue and event arrangements quickly.
Guest house CCTV footage showing the family leaving surreptitiously, combined with the simultaneous switching off of all suspect family mobile numbers, confirmed a planned flight rather than a casual absence.
Digital surveillance records, call detail records (CDR), guest house CCTV footage, missing gold jewelry inventory, and cash receipts of the 1.1 million rupee transfer provided direct proof of fraud.
The grooms' mother reported waking her sons around noon on the third day after noticing both brides were absent, discovering that neither groom knew where their wives were.
Initial missing-person suspicions shifted quickly to an active criminal search for an organized gang when police realized multiple prior cases were registered against the same family across Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana.
The full extent of financial recovery regarding the stolen gold jewelry and the total number of families defrauded across different states remain under investigation.