DEHRADUN: An American national reportedly duped a retired senior citizen of Rs 16 lakh on the pretext of marrying him. Naveen Sikand, a resident of Sahastradhara Road, who had retired some time ago from a private firm and was looking for a life partner, came in contact with Robica Morgan through a matrimonial site in May 2014. Thereafter, the two had telephonic conversations and exchanged messages on WhatsApp. “After some rounds of conversations, Morgan came over to Delhi and after meeting each other, the two agreed to tie the knot. But before that, Morgan told Sikand that she had some loans to clear and sought financial assistance from him,” Pankaj Pokhriyal, Station Officer (SO), Rajpur, told TOI.

Accordingly, Sikand deposited the money in her account in three tranches of Rs three lakh, six lakh and seven lakh. For some time thereafter, the conversations between the two continued. But about three months back, according to Pokhriyal, the woman stopped responding to Sikand’s messages. “Having lost all hope to contact her, Sikand approached us and we have lodged a complaint of forgery against the accused,” Pokhriyal said.

According to the SO, the woman had assured Sikand that she would bring a “huge sum” along with her when she came to India to marry him. “Sikand fell in her trap and deposited the money that she had asked for,” he said.

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