The Odisha Crime Branch (CB) police have arrested two persons, including a Nigerian, from New Delhi in a gift fraud case. The duo had cheated Rs 41 lakh from a woman from Puri district by allegedly luring her to deposit the amount in different accounts on different occasions in lieu of valuable gifts.
A team of CB police led by Inspector Anila Anand of Cyber police station brought the duo here on a four-day transit remand and produced them before a Puri court on Monday. The accused are Nwabueza Chukwudi Vincet (35) of Nigeria, who was residing in Uttam Nagar of New Delhi and Piyush Arya (22) also of Delhi.
Police said the Puri woman had befriended one Oscar David in Facebook; and after few days, she received a gift from him. She was further asked to deposit money in different accounts for some more gifts like laptops and ornaments. But the woman, somehow, realised that she was being duped and reported the matter at the cyber police station here.
The Odisha police proceeded to Delhi, conducted a surprise raid with the help of Delhi police and arrested the duo.