Anuradha Paswan, the 23-year-old looteri dulhan, has been arrested in Bhopal. Police say she tricked 25 men into marrying her—and then ran off each time with jewellery, cash, and electronic items worth several lakhs.
This isn’t a Bollywood movie. It’s real, it’s messy, and it’s happening in small-town India.
A marriage scam straight out of a movie
If this sounds like the 2015 film Dolly Ki Doli, it’s because it nearly is. Sonam Kapoor played a runaway bride who marries and loots men. Anuradha did the same—except 25 times.
According to NDTV and The Times of India, she worked with a gang that offered her as the “perfect bride.”
She would pose as a poor, obedient girl. The groom’s family would be won over by her simplicity. Fake legal documents were shown. Consent letters were signed. Rituals were followed.
And then, poof—she vanished. Jewellery, cash, even phones were gone.
Vishnu Sharma, a handcart seller from Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur, was her last known target. He took a loan just to get married. He even borrowed a mobile phone for the occasion.
Twelve days later, his bride vanished. So did his gold, money, and borrowed phone.
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“She seemed so sincere. I had no idea she was a fraud,” he told NDTV.
But Vishnu didn’t stay quiet. He went to the police. And this time, the cops decided to play the same game.
Rajasthan Police sent an undercover constable posing as a groom. The gang took the bait. An agent shared Anuradha’s photo. When the location was confirmed, police arrested her in Bhopal—just before she could con another man out of Rs 2 lakh.
Turns out, even the marriage agreements and IDs she used were fake. Authorities are now tracking her full gang across multiple states.
Anuradha isn’t the first. In 2023, another woman named Seema ran a similar con across Agra, Jaipur, and Uttarakhand. She used matrimonial websites to marry, then blackmailed her in-laws for cash settlements.
She walked away with over Rs 1.25 crore. She too was eventually caught—but only after several families were ruined.
This isn’t just a cautionary tale—it’s a system failure.
People are so desperate for marriage, they skip background checks and believe what they want to hear. Fraudsters like the looteri dulhan thrive on that hope.
The police crackdown is welcome—but the damage done to emotional and financial lives is deep.
Let this be a reminder: trust should be earned, not bought with a “perfect match” fee.
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