Hyderabad, Sept. 22 -- A habitual matrimonial fraudster allegedly involved in 19 offences has been detained and sent to the Cherlapally Central Prison under the Preventive Detention (PD) Act, Cyberabad Police said on Tuesday, September 22.

The accused has been identified as Manda Venkata Kameshu alias Karthik Reddy, a native of West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh and a B Tech graduate.

According to the police, Karthik targeted unmarried women through matrimonial websites by creating fake profiles as a well-settled NRI (Non-Resident Indian).

He would gain the victim's trust through WhatsApp and Instagram and then use false reasons like his sister's educational expenses, bank-related problems, urgent financial requirements and transaction-limi...