An individual who allegedly conned seventeen women into marrying him, on separate occasions, and scammed them out of their savings has been arrested in Colombo.

Police said that he was arrested by the Women and Children’s Bureau in  Colombo on Thursday evening.According to police, the suspect -a resident of Colombo- was arrested based on a complaint lodged by one of his victims.

Information has been obtained that the suspect had made several proposals to young women across the country via social media and scammed them out of their savings. Police said that some of the women had been subject to sexual abuse as well.

Police add that pictures of the women were also found on the suspects mobile phone.

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