marriage racket

UP police have arrested four more individuals, including an MBA and a Delhi University graduate, in connection with an inter-state illegal religious conversion racket. This brings the total number of suspects held to 18. The operation, aimed at protecting women, has led to the rescue of over a dozen girls from multiple states. Investigations into the funding sources are ongoing.

Deep-rooted son preference fuels sex-selective abortions in India, leading to millions of fewer female births by 2030. Despite legal bans, illegal networks facilitate prenatal sex determination and terminations, driven by cultural pressures and financial anxieties. While some areas show slow improvement in sex ratios, demand for sons persists.

City crime branch arrested four women in the city who were part of a marriage racket where they would target bachelors unable to find brides, offer them a girl for marriage, charging them a hefty fee.

Officials of Valia police station in Bharuch have busted a gang running a fake marriage racket.

COIMBATORE: The Kerala police on Thursday arrested four members involved in a marriage racket here. According to sources, Ismail (32), a resident of Madukkarai, a Coimbatore suburb, got married to a girl at the neighbouring city Palakkad three months ago.

Continuing the crackdown on the contract marriage racket, South Zone police on Monday have arrested three more Oman nationals along with two Qazis, including the kingpin Qazi from Hyderabad, who was absconding for a week.

In a surprising crackdown, authorities in Sasaram have dismantled a fraudulent marriage scheme that was targeting unsuspecting middle-aged men across state lines. This dubious operation, run by a gang that orchestrated fake weddings complete with counterfeit documents, has resulted in hefty financial loss for many.

A day after a qazi was arrested for trying to force a minor to marry an Arab in the Old City, the police on Tuesday busted a contract marriage racket and arrested six persons including two qazis.

City police on Sunday busted an inter-state gang and arrested six persons, including the kingpin, for allegedly duping bridegrooms of cash and valuables on the pretext of organizing marriages. The gang’s modus operandi bears resemblance to a popular Bollywood flick, ‘Dolly Ki Doli’, wherein cons dupe grooms by fixing marriage and then fly-by-night with their valuables.