Odhisa : In a shocking incident from Odisha, a man was arrested for marrying 14 women across 7 states in the country. The man would pose as a doctor and would dupe them into marrying him and then proceed to swindle them.The man was identified as 54-year-old Bidhu Prakash Swain (alias Ramesh Swain). . Swain targeted divorcees and middle-aged women including Supreme Court lawyer and Highly Educated women. He would pose as a doctor from the Union Health Ministry and would contact them through various social media sites and matrimonial sites.
According to the police reports, he has fathered five children. He first got married in 1982 and 2002. Then in between 2002 and 2020, he married the rest of victims. After the wedding, he would stay at home for a while and then leave giving excuses of work and travel to the north east and Bhubaneswar.On the modus operandi of the accused, the DCP said he used to target middle-aged single women, mostly divorcees who sought companionship on matrimonal websites. Later, he acquires their money before abandoning them
