'Married ten times in search for love'; Reshma's statement to police

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Reshma (30), a native of Kanjiramattom, Ernakulam, married almost 10 times through fraudulent means was arrested by the Aryanad police last day in dramatic style. Reshma was moments away from walking straight to the wedding hall to tie the knot yet again with a panchayat member when police surprised her. It was her fiancé who smelled foul and alerted the police.

During interrogation, Reshma revealed that she had been married several times. She also has a child in one relationship. She would start by introducing herself as an orphan to the groom’s family in a bid to gain empathy. She would then manoeuvre the groom to buy her clothes and gold for the wedding. Within days after the marriage, Reshma would disappear with all the gold and attire. In a month or two, she will resurface yet again, all dressed up in wedding attire for another fraud.

The young woman even adjusted her tonality to pretend to be her mother to dupe the groom and family. Reshma's first marriage was in 2014. Since 2022, she has married six people in different districts. To every groom, she supplied the same orphan story and managed to come out unhurt.

In her statement to the police, Reshma said that it was not the craving for money but the search for love that made her marry many times. Police have not taken these claims into belief.

Reshma was about to marry the panchayat member after tricking another person whom she married just 45 days back. More shockingly, Reshma was all set to marry another man in July from Thiruvananthapuram.

The fraud came to light after her fiancé and his relative found her behaviour suspicious. An inspection of her bag brought out the scores of marriage certificates leaving the family in shock.