The scam is very common in today’s world. As people’s needs are increasing day by day, people are also walking on wrong paths to fulfil their needs. A scam is one of them.
It’s shocking to see how individuals would go to any length for money, as this 66-year-old man recently displayed! But that’s the reality of some people in today’s world.
The crew was caught off guard when Ramesh Chandra Swain appeared from his leased car. This wasn’t your typical Don Juan situation. He was barely 5 feet 2 inches tall.
As Swain was surrounded from all sides, he surrendered with a faint smile. By the time the police team had done questioning him, they knew they had apprehended one of Odisha’s most notorious scammers.
This small, chubby man with a groomed moustache might look like an average Indian man by face but inside, he is one of Odisha’s most notorious fraudsters and a habitual swindler who has married 27 women from at least ten states, fabricated 128 credit cards, and scammed 13 Kerala banks of ₹1 crores. He’s also been accused of defrauding individuals out of ₹2 crores by making false promises of MBBS seats in Hyderabad.
According to reports, the fraudster, Ramesh Chandra Swain was apprehended by Odisha police while riding in a vehicle in Bhubaneswar. He is a well-known scammer in Odisha, having married middle-aged, educated, and well-off ladies from several states only to rob them afterwards.
The accused approached ladies under the mask of a doctor and fooled them, according to the police. The Bhubaneswar Police Department has organized a task group to assist all of his victims, which currently number over 90 women.
Ramesh Chandra Swain, a sexagenarian, altered his identity to Dr Bibhu Prakash Swain and Dr Ramani Ranjan Swain to fool ladies. He found his targets on marriage websites like Jeevansathi.com, Shaadi.com, and Bharatmatrimony.com. He was born and raised in a seaside hamlet in Odisha’s Kendrapara district.
Despite being 10th pass, he pretended to be professor Bidhu Prakash Swain, 51-year-old deputy director-general of health education and training with a salary of 50-70 lakh a year. As written by him on one his matrimonial site,
“Though he looked more than 60 in real life, his victims ignored it while considering his government job. Swain took full advantage of the women’s helplessness and laid elaborate traps.”
A photo of conman Ramesh Kumar Swain’s matrimonial profile with a fake name, age, height, qualifications and salary. vice
Married 27 women from 10 states
A Supreme Court lawyer, a Kerala Administrative Service official, a Chartered Accountant, assistant commandant of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, a senior executive from an insurance business, and physicians were among his brides. Swain targeted ladies over the age of 40 who were going through a divorce or had family problems.
Swain’s clumsy introduction should have been a red flag, but the ladies he contacted were all over 40. And as we have already mentioned that these ladies are dealing with societal pressures and family issues.
Sanjana was lured to Bibhu Prasad Swain’s profile on a popular Indian matrimony website right away. They had a quick romance and married shortly after. The pair then relocated 1,000 kilometres to Bhubaneswar. Things soon deteriorated there.
When Sanjana moved in with him, she found a startling discovery.
Sanjana was informed by her domestic worker shortly after arriving in Bhubaneshwar in 2018 that Swain was previously married to more than one lady. When he wasn’t at home, she went through his apartment and uncovered disturbing documentation on all of his former spouses in a cabinet he typically kept closed.
Police recovered over a dozen credit cards from Swain’s apartment after his arrest. vice
What does the police say about him?
Umashankar Dash, Bhubaneswar deputy commissioner told about him, saying,
“Though he looked more than 60 in real life, his victims ignored it while considering his government job. Swain took full advantage of the women’s helplessness and laid elaborate traps.”
He was arrested after 38 years after one of his wives from Delhi, whom he married in 2020, filed a police complaint. Sections 498 (A), 419, 468, 471, and 494 of the Indian Penal Code were used to make his arrest possible.
Swain first deceived a lady in 1982 and repeated it till 2020. In 2020, he married a teacher in Delhi’s Arya Samaj Mandir. It was his most recent marriage.
Before his marriage scams, Ramesh was arrested in 2006 and 2010 for defrauding 13 banks, and scamming medical students by promising them government jobs.
Ramesh Kumar Swain posing at one of his weddings (left) and a mug shot after his arrest (right). vice
As long as society pushes women into weddings, fraudsters like Swain will exist. Incidents like this, hopefully, encourage society to reflect and learn from them.
Daylight robbery is not quite usual but it does not strike out the fact that it is highly possible. Many a time cases as such have surfaced online where normal people were robbed in broad daylight. Recently, the passengers in a taxi got robbed inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel in Delhi on Saturday afternoon.
Four men rob taxi passengers at gunpoint in broad daylight and here is what Delhi Police have to say
On Saturday, a delivery agent and his associate were robbed at gunpoint by a group of unknown assailants, stealing around Rs 1.5 to Rs 2 lakh cash from them. In spite of having 16 security guards in the Pragati Tunnel, there were no CCTV cameras installed. Although the Public Works Department assured that cameras are installed, they did not confirm their operational conditions.
The victims made a complaint at Tilak Marg police station later in the evening. The Pragati tunnel is a 1.5 km tunnel that connects New Delhi with Sarai Kale Khan and Noida. The police said that following the complaint made by the victims, a case has been filed under Sections 397 IPC which covers robbery, or dacoity with an attempt to cause death or grievous hurt and 34 (common intention).
The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Pranav Tayal, has shared that the complainant can be identified as Patel Sajan Kumar and his associate Jigar Patel. Patel Sajan works as a delivery agent for a private firm in Chandni Chow and has informed the police that he and Jigar were going to Gurugram to deliver the cash to a client.
As per the registered complaint, the two of them hired an Ola cab from near Red Fort. As soon as the cab entered the Pragati Maidan tunnel from Ring Road, four assailants on two motorcycles surrounded their cab and robbed the cash off them keeping them at gunpoint.
Delhi Minister Atishi also took to Twitter and slammed the incompetency of the Lieutenant Governor. She tweeted,
LG साहब: अगर आपको @ArvindKejriwal के कामों का क्रेडिट लेने से फ़ुरसत मिले तो कभी अपनी संवैधानिक ज़िम्मेदारी पर भी ध्यान दीजिए। दिल्ली वालों को सुरक्षा देना आपका काम है। और अब दिन दहाड़े दिल्ली में चोरी, डकैती और क़त्ल की वारदातें हो रही हैं। या तो आप सुरक्षा की ज़िम्मेदारी लीजिए,… https://t.co/RG4c9ozWnW
Coming across train service complaints on social media is nothing new. Very often than not we find passengers complaining about bland food or bugs in the cooked food provided to them. Quite recently someone took to Twitter regarding a complaint where they found plastic in the railway food. But the latest thing that happened has actually stunned everyone when a video of the roof of a passenger coach train surfaced online.
Indian Railways slammed over water leakage in AC coach
Netizens have harshly criticized the poor management and maintenance of the train coaches after a surprising video surfaced online. Recently, a video went viral on social media platforms in which it can be clearly seen rainwater seeping in through the roof of the 2-tier AC coach of the Avantika Express. The Congress party also reshared the video uploaded by a passenger and took to Twitter to play the blame game immediately.
“काश खोखले प्रचार की जगह रेलवे के लिए कुछ काम किया होता। झंडी दिखाने वाले रेल मंत्री अभी विदेश में हैं, नाम वाले रेल मंत्री ध्यान दें। (Wish some actual work would have been done for the Railways in place of empty propaganda. The railway minister who shows the flag is currently abroad, the named railway minister should pay attention)”
काश खोखले प्रचार की जगह रेलवे के लिए कुछ काम किया होता।
झंडी दिखाने वाले रेल मंत्री अभी विदेश में हैं, नाम वाले रेल मंत्री ध्यान दें। pic.twitter.com/FNLvQL1Ihu
It was a jab at the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who recently flagged off 11 Vande Bharat Express, the Railways’ newest hi-tech train.
Railways response to the above-mentioned tweet
The Western Railway took to Twitter to respond to that tweet hours later and stated that all the coaches of the Avantika Express train were properly checked.
“All coaches of Avantika Exp have been checked thoroughly & issue has been attended to promptly. The train has commenced its return journey & there are no such issues now. Passenger convenience is of utmost priority & WR leaves no stone unturned to resolve passengers’ grievances”
All coaches of Avantika Exp have been checked thoroughly & issue has been attended promptly.
The train has commenced its return journey & there are no such issues now.
Passenger convenience is of utmost priority & WR leaves no stone unturned to resolve passengers’ grievances. pic.twitter.com/V9QyKiIowJ
Thandi hawa ke sath sath sarkar ne barish ke pani ka bhi anand lene ke liye ye nayab tarikib lagai hai isme bhrastachar bilkul nhi hai aur haa jine murko ke ye lgta hai isme amir log travel krte hai to unko ye bta du amir log plan me jate hai aur dikhave wale amir train me….🤐
— Mahua Moitra Fans (@MahuaMoitraFans) June 25, 2023
This is probably not the first time that something has happened as per the claims of this Twitter user,
Recently travelled from 12424 Rajdhani Express to #Guwahati , had a very bad experience. As it was raining the rainwater was leaking in every coach and also there was no water in most of the dirty toilets. TTE ignored the complaint and asked to register complaint via phone.
On Sunday, Shah Rukh Khan aka the King Khan, completed 31 years in Bollywood industry. It was in 1992, when he made his debut in the industry with the movie Deewana opposite late actress Divya Bharti. As the fans celebrated the big day on social media with amazing messages and tributes for the actor, SRK also decided to celebrate the occasion with his fans in his own style.
Shah Rukh Khan completed 31 years in Bollywood
He took some time out of his busy schedule and held an #AskSRK session on Twitter. Starting the question and answer session on Twitter, SRK wrote:
“Wow just realised it’s 31 yrs to the day when Deewana hit the screens. It’s been quite a ride mostly a good one. Thanks all and we can do 31minutes of #AskSRK ??”
In no time, his Tweet was flooded with a variety of questions from fans for their favorite actor. SRK, who is known for his hilarious sense of humor, gave amazing replies to his fans with wit and humor.
Wow just realised it’s 31 yrs to the day when Deewana hit the screens. It’s been quite a ride mostly a good one. Thanks all and we can do 31minutes of #AskSRK ??
While interacting with the fans, King Khan stumbled upon a question that was asked by a female fan, who is currently pregnant with twins. The fan came up with an epic Tweet for the Pathaan actor. She asked:
“sir i am pregnant with twin babies..wish me luck i will name them pathaan and jawan.”
sir i am pregnant with twin babies..wish me luck i will name them pathaan and jawan ❤️ #AskSRK 5
Besides all the funny and hilarious answers, SRK was also seen giving some serious answers. A fan asked him if he would do a movie like Swades again, a role that was loved by one and all
Talking about his work front, SRK made a comeback after a hiatus of 4 years with Siddharth Anand’s blockbuster action-thriller Pathaan, which hit the theatres in January this year. SRK will be next seen in the upcoming action-thriller Jawan, which will be released on September 7th.
Jawan is directed by South filmmaker Atlee. Produced under SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment, the movie also stars Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi in lead roles.