Jobless married man impersonates as DRDO scientist to wed Delhi woman

The complainant is a PhD student and got married to Jitender Singh, who introduced himself as a scientist in DRDO.
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NEW DELHI: A PhD student in Delhi has alleged her husband had impersonated an Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO) scientist to marry her and she found about his lies after tracing his location to Gurugram through their shared Netflix account, police said on Sunday.

She also found that the man was already married to another woman, they said. The man and his family have been absconding after his lies were busted.

In her police complaint registered on October 1, the woman alleged Jitender posed as an ISRO scientist before her family and married her.

He claimed he had an MTech degree from Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur and showed them bogus documents to prove he had worked in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as a scientist, before joining the Indian Space Research Organisation, a police official said.
The woman’s family had visited Jitender and his family in Rewari before the marriage, he said.

After the wedding in May, Jitender claimed he was going to join American space agency The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to train as an astronaut.

The woman’s father dropped him at the airport and after returning from the United States, he told the woman he was going to Bangalore for work. But his wife found that he was using online-streaming platform, Netflix, from a location in Haryana’s Gurugram, the officer said.

When confronted, Jitender disclosed he was unemployed and was already married. He did not visit the US or Bangalore and was in Gurugram the whole time, the officer added. A dowry case has been registered against him in Rewari and divorce proceedings with his first wife are underway, police said.

Claimed he was going to join NASA

After the wedding in May, Jitender claimed he was going to join American space agency NASA to train as an astronaut. The woman’s father dropped him at the airport to go to the United States.

(With agency inputs)

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