Meet Bhibu Prakash Swain who has turned out to be the Tinder Swindler in real life. He has had 27 wives and has duped all of them by posing as Govt official in different positions!
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He is a 66 year old who was caught by the special squad of the Odisha police who tracked his records and transactions and were able to get him. When he knew he was busted he politely surrendered. The police team finished interrogating him and confirmed that they had arrested one of Odisha’s biggest imposters, who had married at least 27 women in 10 states, defrauded 13 banks in Kerala of ₹1 crore through 128 forged credit cards in 2006, and cheated people in Hyderabad of ₹2 crore, promising seats in MBBS courses for their children.
Arrested on the basis of a police complaint lodged by one of his wives in May 2021 under sections 498 (A), 419, 468, 471 and 494 of the Indian Penal Code. His former wives range from an ITBP officer, a chartered accountant, teachers, advocates and such Govt officials whom he met on matrimonial sites and duped them later.
“He did not seem anything from what we had imagined him to be. We are not even sure if he has passed the matriculation exam. But we knew that he had preyed on unsuspecting women looking for security and love,” said Sanjiv Satpathy, assistant commissioner of police, who led the team that arrested Swain.
During the wedding or after, Swain would make money from his wives either by taking gold jewellery or cash from them. He developed a good amount of wealth through this methods of his.
