During the interrogation of Gayatri, it was revealed that she was married to Okeleke Frankline Vhbundum Zule, a Nigerian national. "Together with her husband and some other associates, cheated many people on the pretext of selling very expensive 'Akalite Seeds'," police added.

She further disclosed that in one such case, they lured one Sanjiv Menezes and fraudulently duped him of Rs 44.25 lakh and in another incident, Gayatri and her husband employed the same modus operandi to defraud Rs 10.5 lakh from Lt General Balbir Singh Sandhu.

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"A case related to these activities was registered at the Greater Kailash police station. While her husband was apprehended during the investigation, she went underground to evade arrest in both cases." said the DCP.

Further investigation is underway.

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