AHMEDABAD: A 40-year-old man from New Vadaj area of the city on Thursday filed a complaint against a woman for cheating him with a ‘staged marriage’ and then fleeing with ornaments and Rs 1 lakh cash that he gifted her ahead of their wedding in 2014.

Shirsendu Roy, 40, resident of Lalbaugh society in New Vadaj and a teacher at an international school, stated that he had met a couple, Chandrani Chatterjee and her husband Praful Kale through a marriage bureau in 2014 when he was looking for a suitable bride. He was told by Kale that Chandrani’s sister Indrani also looking for a groom. Roy saw the girl and liked her.

Then Roy and his family met Indrani’s parents at their home in Vejalpur and they decided to tie the knot in December 2014. At that time, Roy and his parents gifted ornaments and Rs 1 lakh in cash to Indrani. “Indrani and his family then told Roy and his family that they believe in

ideology and do not have any faith in God, so Indrani will not get married in front of the holy fire,” stated Roy in the FIR.

Later, they registered their marriage by signing in some legal document and then Indrani began living with Roy. “However, for the time of around a week that she lived with Roy, Indrani never allowed Roy to have sex under the pretext of being unwell,” stated the FIR. Aggrieved by such behaviour, Roy later realized he had been cheated by Indrani and others, and filed a complaint for fraud, conspiracy and breach of trust.