Noida: An additional sessions court on Saturday rejected the bail application of a 38-year-old Nigerian national Samuel Ogun, alias Sam, accused of promising to marry several women and then extortin crores from them.While rejecting the bail application, judge Som Prabha Mishra said that the applicant is a foreign national with a permanent address in Nigeria/Liberia, and he was found in possession of documents and passports in different names and identities. “Five mobile phones, one laptop, one tablet, a Wi-Fi dongle, a Wi-Fi modem, SIM cards, and related documents were recovered from the applicant’s possession. A fake US passport and Texas driving license in the name of Prakashbhai Ganeshbhai Patel were recovered. Considering the gravity of the offense, the bail application is not acceptable,” the judge said.The matter came to police’s attention after a woman filed a complaint alleging the accused sent her a message on Jan 17, 2025, expressing his interest in marrying her. To gain her trust, he showed her his personal documents. On Jan 23, he called her and claimed to have been caught with foreign currency at an airport and forced her to transfer a total of Rs 56 lakh to various bank accounts.During investigation, police found he had conned several women in the same way. They found he collected data about his potential targets from matrimonial sites and social media platforms, contacted them through WhatsApp calls and chats, and then, using false identities and various excuses, obtained money from them into various bank accounts. He was arrested from Faridabad on March 18 and five mobile phones, one tablet, one Wi-Fi modem, one laptop, one Wi-Fi dongle and one SIM card were recovered from him.While the counsel appearing for Ogun said his client had been falsely implicated in the case, the additional district govt counsel (crime) said Ogun had several incriminating documents, including a United Kingdom diplomatic identity card and other documents created with Photoshop, on his laptop.“In this case, he also fraudulently transferred Rs 56,40,000 to various bank accounts by disguising himself and concealing his true identity. During investigation, the amount was found to have gone into various mule/beneficiary accounts,” the additional district govt counsel added.Having heard both sides, the court decided to reject the bail application as the charges levelled against the accused for offences under BNS sections 318(4) (cheating with dishonesty), 319(2) (cheating by personation), 336(3) (rash action that endangers life), 338 (grievous hurt that endangers a life) and 340(2) (forgery of valuable security) are serious in nature and observed that releasing him may jeopardise further investigation linked to other cases.
