Telangana man booked for allegedly cheating, sexually exploiting woman on false promise of marriage

A Telangana man has been booked after a woman alleged he sexually exploited and cheated her by falsely promising marriage. She claimed he collected nearly Rs 2 lakh and expensive gifts before refusing to marry her. Police are investigating the case.

Kothagudem: A Telangana man was booked by Chhattisgarh police for cheating and sexually exploiting a woman by falsely promising to marry her.

Initially a zero FIR was registered at Sukma police station on July 10, under Sections 69 (sexual intercourse obtained through deceitful means or a false promise to marry) and 318(4) (cheating) based on the complaint of the victim.

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It was transferred to Bhadrachalm town police station in Kothagudem for investigation on the point of jurisdiction. Subsequently, the local police registered an FIR against the accused Boda Soni Lal Naik of Housing Board Colony in Chunchupally mandal in the district.

The complainant, who works as a teacher at a school in Sukma got married in the year 2017 and had an 8-year-old daughter. She was living separately from her husband since the year 2022 awaiting divorce.

The accused lured the woman, who happens to be his school friend, into a sexual relationship, assuring her that he would help her obtain a divorce, marry her, adopt her daughter and support them throughout their lives.

On February 29, 2024, Lal Naik took the woman to a hotel at Bhadrachalam, where he established physical relationship with her for the first time and continued it later while inducing the woman to pay him money by stating that the amount was meant for their future after marriage.
Believing him, she paid him nearly Rs 2 lakh in several installments and also presented him with expensive gifts. Subsequently, the accused refused to marry her and neither returned the money nor the gifts.

The complainant contended that the accused Lal Naik never intended to marry her or adopt her daughter, but had intentionally deceived her by making a false promise of marriage. The case is being investigated, Bhadrachalam police said.