New Delhi, May 26
The team of Cyber Police Station of Delhi Police have arrested three notorious cheats/fraudsters for digitally arresting elderly people and defrauding them of their money.
The three have been identified as Rahul Verma, a resident of Raipur, Chhattisgarh; Shantanu Richoriya, R/o Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh and Arjun Singh, R/o Village Saharanpur, UP. All three are aged around 25 years.
With their arrest, three smartphones, four SIM cards, Debit Cards, four passbooks and three cheque books of different banks were recovered from their possession.
The police officials in a press release on Monday said that a complaint of Mahender Jain, a resident of Raj Nagar, Palam Colony, was received through NCRP regarding digital arrest and duping of Rs 25 lakh by unknown fraudsters.
Later, he also gave a written complaint on April 10 at Police Station Cyber South West, Delhi, wherein he alleged that he received a video call on WhatsApp on March 21 from a person claiming to be Sanjay, a Police Inspector from the Crime Branch of Nashik Police.