Govindpura police have booked a miscreant, who duped victim to the tune of Rs 26000 in the name of buying furniture over OLX website in Shivaji Bada; police have registered case on Monday.
The victim Gautam Borkar was duped after he contacted identified accused who offered to sell furniture at Rs 13000 but instead he was duped of Rs 26000 and never received furniture.
A complaint was lodged with the Govindpura police by the victim and in his complaint he stated that after spotting add of selling furniture he contacted the seller and deal was done at Rs 13000. The victim agreed and accused sent him a barcode asking to scan for payment on February 15 and as soon as victim scanned the barcode Rs 26000 in two parts were deducted from his account. The victim contacted accused but failed to contact him and later lodged a complaint with the police.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation, the police registered of fraud and section of IT act and during the investigation details of bank account, OLX account and mobile numbers used in the fraud were searched.
Meanwhile, Govinpura police have booked a person involved in duping victim to the tune of Rs 7650 in the name of facilitating loan under self employment scheme at Kailash Nagar.
Police said that the victim Sanjeet Kumar was been duped by miscreant offering him to facilitate loan under self employment scheme. The police registered a case of fraud against the accused and started further investigation.