Kochi: A man who promised matrimony to at least 40 women from various parts of Kerala, and later disappeared with their gold ornaments, has finally landed in the police net.
The accused, 36-year-old P B Prasanth alias Nandakumar, who was arrested yesterday, was said to have swindled as many as 40 women by promising to get married to them and later disappearing with their valuables worth about 30 sovereigns of gold ornaments and Rs 2 lakh in cash, police said.
He was arrested following a complaint from a woman, who had accompanied him to the temple town of Guruvayur recently for entering wedlock. A day before the wedding, he managed to give the bride a slip along with her ornaments.
His modus operandi was first advertising in matrimonial columns of various newspapers with his mobile number. When prospective brides or her relatives contacted him, he used to project himself as a person doing small business in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, an orphan and a person with no dowry demands.
Police arrested him after laying a trap. A woman contacted him on his mobile and said she was interested in getting married to him.
As soon the much married groom arrived on the scene, police took him into custody. He was later produced before a magistrate and remanded to judicial custody.
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