Fake Odisha doctor Ramesh Swain’s 2nd wife, a real doctor, arrested

Bhubaneswar: The Twin City Commissionerate Police have arrested the second wife of Ramesh Chandra Swain, who married at least 18 women by posing as a doctor and allegedly duped them of lakhs of rupees.

Kamala Tirkey, Ramesh’s second wife, was apprehended from Jharkhand. Incidentally, she is a real doctor.

The woman was arrested for allegedly supporting Ramesh in cheating the women and her involvement in the offences. She was on the run since the arrest of Ramesh.

The investigators came to know regarding Kamala’s involvement in the crime while interrogating Ramesh during remand period.

Earlier on February 23, police had arrested Rashmita Beura, sister of Ramesh. She had allegedly identified herself as the sister of Ramesh before the victims in order to reinforce his identity and win their trust. She also told the women that her brother was a doctor.

The Twin City Commissionerate Police had on February 14 arrested Swain. A father of five children, Swain had married his first wife in 1982 and second wife in 2002. Between 2002 and 2020, he befriended other women through matrimonial websites and married them.

He used to target middle-aged women who sought companionship and acquire their money before abandoning them.

The accused used to identify himself as a doctor to establish his credibility. Lawyers, doctors and highly-educated women are among the victims.

A case has been registered against him at the Mahila police station under Sections 498 (A), 419, 468, 471 and 494 of the IPC.

According to police sources, a woman school teacher of Delhi had in July 2021 lodged a complaint with the Mahila police alleging that the accused married her in New Delhi in 2018 and later kept her in Bhubaneswar. She came to know about his multiple marriages and then sought the help of police.

On the basis of the complaint, police arrested him from a rented house in Khandagiri area in the city.