Indian casanova married 72 times runs out of luck

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PATNA: Luck finally ran out for a 35-year-old man, who posed as a railway employee and conned more than 70 women into marrying him and relieving them of their cash and ornaments.

When Bihar police arrested Mohammad Sijam, nobody believed the man had married 72 women from Bihar and neighbouring West Bengal States of India.

Sijam enticed young village girls by presenting himself as a railway official and promised them a lavish life after marriage. After solemnizing the marriage, he used to stay in the house of his newlywed wife for some days and then decamp with all valuables, including ornaments, informing the family that he has been transferred to a new place and would soon return after joining there.

He used to present himself as a Hindu if the girl happened to be Hindu and a Muslim if the girl happened to be a Muslim. He possessed over a dozen aliases as he used to transform his identity quickly. He even used to travel on trains wearing the attire of the railway TTE (travelling ticket examiner).

“He was so smart that none of his wives ever came to know about his earlier marriages,” said police officer Raj Kumar Paswan, who interrogated him.

“After his arrest, when his phone was put under surveillance, dozens of calls came from different women claiming to be his wife,” the police officer said.

Most of his victims were from West Champaran, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Begusarai, Purnia, Madhepura, Kishangunj and Katihar districts in Bihar and Midnapore, Asansol, Malda, Sealdah and Howrah districts in West Bengal.