Overview
- Shah Alam, 23, was detained at Kempegowda International Airport after arriving from Delhi to collect Rs 40 lakh from the complainant.
- Investigators say he posed online as "Aishani" on Nikahforever.com and over months extracted money and gifts from a businessman in Uttara Kannada.
- Bank transfers between June 21 and July 23 totaled Rs 36 lakh, and the victim’s overall loss reached about Rs 46 lakh, according to police.
- Police coordinated a controlled chat with the victim, verified IP data linking Alam to Phnom Penh, and identified his arrival by scanning flight manifests for the name.
- Alam, who earlier worked with a Chinese-run scam team in Phnom Penh before being repatriated, is in seven-day police custody as probes search for other victims.