Mysuru: The police arrested a young woman from Magadi here for swindling millions and also jewellery from a man by creating a fake profile on Facebook.
The miscreant has been identified as Megha Harini, who on Facebook created a profile with a fake ID Chinnu Gowda and sent a friend request to Ravi.
Megha made Ravi believe that she is in love with him and wants to marry him. She promised him to gift a Fortuner car on his birthday worth Rs 45 lakh. She asked for one and a half lakh rupees for the final payment citing that she had a shortage of cash and asked him to send the amount with her friend Shivu.
She also introduced herself to Ravi’s mother and got 85 grams of gold jewellery and a silk sari from his mother, telling him that she would gift her a similar golden necklace.
Police have registered a case against Megha and arrested her. After investigation, she has been sent to judicial custody.