Bihar’s Bizarre “Baby-Making” Business: A Rib-Tickling Tale of Tricked Romeos
Unravel the bizarre tale of the ‘All India Pregnant Job Service’ scam in Bihar, where eight individuals concocted a ludicrous scheme to dupe men with promises of large payouts for impregnating women.
DESK: In the heart of India, nestled amid the echoes of Nalanda’s wisdom and the legacy of Gautama Buddha, lies Bihar – a land renowned for its vibrant youth and ambitions soaring higher than the Himalayas.
But recently, Bihar added a new, rather unusual feather to its cap, making headlines for a scam so ludicrous, it could only be born in the land of the unexpected.
Introducing the “All India Pregnant Job Service” – a service as unique as its name suggests. In a scheme that’s stranger than fiction, eight enterprising individuals from Nawada, Bihar, took upon themselves the Herculean task of solving fertility woes, with a twist that left many slack-jawed and lighter in the wallet.
Here’s how it unfolded: The scammers reached out to men on social media, dangling a carrot of Rs 13 lakh to those gallant enough to assist in the noble cause of impregnating women unable to bear children.
The catch? A registration fee of a mere INR 799. But wait, there’s more! Post-registration, these aspiring Romeos were presented with photographs of women to choose their ‘mission’.
The degree of ‘attractiveness’ of the lady in question dictated the security deposit, ranging from INR 5,000 to 20,000. Talk about a bizarre beauty contest!
The pièce de résistance of this comical con was the grand ‘prize money’ of INR 13 lakh upon successful conception. And in a display of generosity that would put game shows to shame, a ‘consolation prize’ of INR 5 lakh was promised for efforts that didn’t bear fruit, so to speak.
Media reported Deputy superintendent of police Kalyan Anand, leading the cyber cell in Nawada, explaining the intricate web of this con, where gullible men were lured with the promise of a hefty payday. So far, the police have nabbed eight men, seized nine mobile phones, a printer, and are on the hunt for 18 more.
However, identifying the victims has been akin to finding a needle in a haystack. “The gang has been active for a year… but no-one has so far come forward to complain, possibly because of shame,” Anand elucidated.
The media, ever-persistent, did manage to speak to two victims. While one preferred silence over discussing his loss of 799 rupees, another victim, Mangesh, provided a detailed account of his ordeal, beginning with a phone call mere minutes after clicking on a dubious video.
The Bihar Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) apprehended the fraudsters, revealing a larger web of cybercrime. Despite their best efforts, the mastermind, Munna Kumar, remains at large.
In this comedy of errors, Bihar has once again proven its penchant for the extraordinary. As the saying goes, truth can be stranger than fiction, and in Bihar, it seems, also funnier!
