Hanumanganj police have booked a miscreant, who duped victim to the tune of Rs 1.8 lakh in the name of buying bicycle over OLX website in Ibhrahimganj; police have registered case on Wednesday.
The victim Amit Patel was duped after he contacted by accused posing as army officer and offered to buy bicycle and later he was duped of Rs 1.8 lakh in parts.
A complaint was lodged with the Hanumanganj police by the victim and in his complaint he stated that he posted an advertisement over OLX website for selling a bicycle of his son. After the deal was struck accused sent a bar code and on scanning Rs 1.8 lakh were deducted in parts from the victim’s 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, Teelajamalpura police booked a miscreant, who duped to the Rs 38000 in the name of renewal of credit card at Congress Nagar; victim lodged complaint with the police.
A complaint was lodged with the Teelajamalpura police by the victim Mubeen Khan and in his compliant, he stated that he received call regarding expiry of credit card and provided OTP for renewal. Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation, the police registered a case under section 419, 420 of the IPC and 66 D of the IT act.