Man in Australia booked for torture, cheating

NAGPUR: Apurva Joshi, a chemical engineer working in Pune, lodged a complaint against Australia resident Swayam Joshi, his mother Archana and sister Sejal for cheating and torturing her mentally and physically, leading to financial loss of Rs25 lakhs.
It’s learnt that Apurva came to know about Swayam through a matrimonial site. After the families met, Apurva and Swayam entered into wedlock in January.
This was despite Apurva having already lodged a complaint in December 2019 against Swayam, but no action being initiated on it.She joined Swayam in Australia in February, and in June, returned alone.
In her complaint, she mentioned that Swayam’s profile said he was studying and also earning in Australia. In reality, she claimed, Swayam was not earning anything, and that he made her cough up a substantial amount and made demands of other valuables.
An offence was registered against the Joshi family at Bajaj Nagar police station.