Anjali Mehta (name changed), a banker, fell
in love online with Anil Mu kesh (name changed) who claimed to be a doctor with
the United Nations, settled in the UK.He professed undying love to Anjali and
told her he was taking a transfer to India for a happily-ever-after. All seemed
well till one day, she received a call from a `customs official', seeking Rs 20
lakh in duties. As Anil was shifting to India, he had sent all his valuable
medical equipment to Anjali's address. But the `official' sought the amount as
customs duty. Anjali got even more confused when Anil began emotionally
blackmailing her, and asked her to pay up. On July 4, she again got a call from
the `official', demanding the money but when she tried to call back on the
number, the phone had been switched off.
Helpless and wanting Anil to come and live
with her, she transferred Rs 20 lakh to the bank account given by the caller
through real-time gross settlement systems (RTGS). But Anil never called back
and that was the end of the love story.
