Hyderabad engineer arrested for raping, cheating Delhi woman

32-year-old Mohammad Sirajuddin Ahmed, who is also into organising cricket matches, landed into the trap laid by Delhi Police in the Andhra Pradesh capital last week and was arrested.

The arrest came on a complaint filed by Rita (name changed), a resident of Mehrauli here, that Ahmed raped and cheated her of Rs 2.5 lakh on the pretext of marrying her after coming into contact with her through a matrimonial site.

The victim had no photograph of the alleged accused and she knew only his phone number and the address of his educational society.

A Delhi Police team went to Hyderabad to nab the accused but they found that the premises had was occupied by some other firm.

Several efforts by the team to nab the accused failed but luck smiled on police in the form of an advertisement in papers for T-20 cricket matches to be held in six cities in South India with a phone number similar to that of the accused.

"A local SIM card and a person having local accent was arranged and a communication was made with accused by the team through that person as cricket team manager of three local cricket teams, who wants to take part in the tournament.

"Subsequently, the accused agreed to meet with the team. He was arrested when he came at designated place at 8.30 PM on September 10 near Osmania Women College, Koti, Hyderabad," Chhaya Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South District, said.

On sustained interrogation, Ahmed admitted that he had called the woman to Bhopal and had "physical relationship" with her. He also took her ATM card and withdrew money as alleged by the complainant, police claimed.

"Thereafter, he refused to marry her and went to Hyderabad, his native place and changed his official address," Sharma said.

Ahmed, whose father was a police inspector in Maharashtra, runs Prince Education Society and conducts scholarship examinations on all India basis and charges Rs 250/- per student.

He also organises cricket tournaments under the name of All India Charminar Sports Academy (AICSA) and charges heavy amount from the participants, Sharma said.