Archive · 21 Aug 2025
Absconding BSF Constable Arrested in Kolkata for Fraud
A Border Security Force (BSF) officer named Gautam Halder has been arrested in Kolkata.
He tricked a woman into giving him Rs 29 lakh by pretending they would start a life together and invest in a petrol pump.
He made the woman believe they were in a romantic relationship.
After receiving the money, he ran away and stopped communicating with her.
The woman filed a police complaint, and after some investigation, the police found him working at a sweet shop under a fake name.
He was then arrested.
A BSF constable was arrested in Kolkata for allegedly defrauding a woman.
The constable, Gautam Halder, had built a romantic relationship with the woman.
He convinced her to invest in a petrol pump, receiving Rs 29 lakh.
Halder disappeared after receiving the money and cut off contact.
Police traced him to a sweet shop where he was working under a false identity.
- Who
- Gautam Halder, a BSF constable, and the woman he defrauded.
- What
- A BSF constable was arrested for allegedly duping a woman.
- When
- No specific date is provided, but it has been over a year.
- Where
- Kolkata, West Bengal.
- Why
- Halder allegedly defrauded the woman to obtain Rs 29 lakh.
- Accused
- Gautam Halder
- Profession
- BSF Constable
- Location of arrest
- Kolkata
- Amount defrauded
- Rs 29 lakh
- Modus operandi
- Romantic relationship and false investment promise
- Current Status
- Interrogation underway