Delhi Police PS-Cyber, Shahdara arrest seven individuals with greater than 2,100 complaints pan India, in New Delhi on October 20, 2023.
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The Delhi police have arrested seven individuals who allegedly cheated greater than 2,100 individuals pan India of greater than ₹four crore on the pretext of promoting items online, stated officers.
Out of the seven, 4 have been arrested from Delhi and three from Bihar. The accused had been working the racket for the final two years by a web site named “Family Help For Web Solutions”. Rohit Meena, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara district) stated the accused had been immediately linked with greater than 2,100 complaints and 67 FIRs throughout the nation, until date.
On October 7, Vijay Pahwa filed a grievance of cheating by an individual whom he had contacted to purchase an electrical scooter from an online web site named “energy.simpleone.online”. “Pahwa paid ₹1.15 lakh to them. Later the accused stopped responding to him and the complainant understood that he was duped. Following a written complaint, the cyber police of Shahdara lodged an FIR and started the investigation,” stated the DCP.
Cyber groups collected varied particulars which first led to the arrest of Raja, Vikas, Ansari and Yadav from Karala village in northwest Delhi earlier this week. Their interrogation led to the arrest of the opposite three from Warisaliganj close to Nawada in Bihar, the police stated.
Fake portals
The DCP (Shahdara) informed The Hindu that the 4 accused allegedly used to create faux web sites of standard corporations which had been “sold” to fraudsters at excessive charges to cheat individuals.
“Interrogation of these accused led us to more raids and further three men were arrested — Bihari Paswan (22), Ajeet Kumar Paswan (23), and Kanhaiya Kumar Mahto (19) — from Bihar. We came to know that Ajeet and Bihari were ‘calling agents’ while Kanhaiya used to settle cheated amounts by withdrawing it through ATMs,” the DCP stated.
The ‘agents’ used to name individuals and entice them into shopping for merchandise online, the police stated.
The cyber wing stated some members who had been nonetheless roaming free could be arrested quickly.
The police recovered 11 cellphones, greater than 100 SIM playing cards issued on faux identifications, three laptops, 4 cheque books and 5 ATM playing cards.