American woman, Nigerian lover arrested over ‘fake kidnap’ in India

According to Indian Express, on Sunday, July 17, 2022, a Delhi police official said Chloe arrived in India as a tourist and fabricated a case of being physically and emotionally molested by some unknown people to emotionally blackmail her parents back home in the United States of America.

Chloe, the victim-turned-accused is a resident of Washington DC but arrived in Delhi on May 3. The police source also revealed that she is a graduate and the daughter of a former Army officer.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi, Amrutha Guguloth said the US Embassy had approached them, stating that the woman was attacked and beaten by an undisclosed individual known to her and is missing after reporting the incident to her family in the US.

Chloe claimed, in an email, that she was in an insecure environment where she had suffered physical and emotional abuse.

“On July 10, the victim spoke to her mother Sandra McLaughlin via a video call on WhatsApp. The mother tried to gather some more information about her but an unknown individual entered the room and she could not disclose much,” the Guguloth said.

Acting on the complaint, the Delhi Police recorded a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code at the Chanakyapuri police station and began probing the matter.

“In order to ascertain the present whereabouts of the girl, assistance was sought from Yahoo.com for providing the IP address used by her for sending email to the American Citizens Services on July 9. Further, the Bureau of Immigration was requested to provide her immigration form to find her whereabouts,” the DCP said.

Based on immigration form details, Chloe had submitted her local address as Khasra No 44 and 45 in Greater Noida. But, the police operatives discovered that the location was the address of the Radisson Blu hotel when they got there.

“Enquiries were made at the hotel and it was found that no such person had checked in at the hotel,” the official added.

The outcome of their discovery led to taking technical assistance from the Cyber Unit to find out the IP addresses used by her WhatsApp number. It showed on the analysis of the information that it was found that the victim used someone’s Wi-Fi connection.