Man, Posing As Cop, Arrested For Marrying 5 Women At The Same Time: Cops

The police recovered a car, a motorcycle, Rs 2.10 lakh in cash, a pistol, some ammunition and two marriage agreement certificates from his possession.

A 34-year-old man was arrested in Bhubaneswar on the charge of marrying five women without divorcing anyone and duping them of lakhs of rupees posing himself as a police officer, an official said on Saturday.

It was also found out during investigation that the accused was interacting with 49 other women in a matrimonial site over proposals of marriage.

After receiving separate complaints from two women whom he had married, the police laid a trap using a female officer, and arrested Satyajit Samal when he came to meet her, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissioner of Police Sanjeeb Panda told a press conference.