Berasia police have arrested two accused who cheated a 27-year-old victim to the tune of Rs 1.97 lakh. Harassed by the accused, the victim had committed suicide last year in the month of July; 6 mobile phones and more than 12 registered SIM cards were recovered in the action.
The deceased identified as Dev Narayan Vishwakarma a resident of Berasia, Bhopal, was duped of Rs 1,97,491 in the name of a loan. He was harassed by agents to transfer the amount to different accounts for processing, fees and refund in the name of loan from Dhani app.
Upset by this harassment, Dev Narayan committed suicide on July 31 last year. This disclosure has been made by Bairasia police in the investigation of the suicide case of the youth.
Also, two accused in the case have been arrested from Nalanda, Bihar. Apart from fraud, the police have registered a case against the accused for forcing to commit suicide.
The police said that Dev Narayan Vishwakarma was constantly receiving calls from agents for giving loans from the Dhani app. The registered SIM of the phone number coming on the youth's mobile was issued fraudulently from West Bengal.
After getting the mobile SIM from West Bengal, the accused were calling Dev Narayan from Sarabahdi village in Nalanda district of Bihar.
To arrest the accused Shatrughan Ravidas and Hardev Paswan police raided Sarabahadi of Manpur police station area of Nalanda district in Bihar.
Berasia police said that the accused Shatrughan Ravidas and Hardev Paswan arrested in the Dev Narayan Vishwakarma suicide case have been produced in the court and taken on remand. Both the accused are being questioned about other members of the gang and the method of cheating.
According to the police, the arrested accused have confessed to cheating Dev Narayan of Rs 1. 97491 lakh in the name of facilitating loan. It has also been said that they were pressurizing Devnarayan to transfer more money. Due to the fraud in the name of getting a loan, Devnarayan committed suicide at home on July 31,2023 after being mentally harassed.
