Delhi Police busted a gang of online cheats who used to call innocent people and after obtaining their card details, would cheat them.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, south-east district, Romil Baaniya, said the accused has been identified as Ashish Kumar Jha (28), a native of Bihar and a resident of Jahangirpuri in Delhi. “Search of his associates and his employees who used to make calls to people is being made out. Further arrests are likely. It is estimated that they have duped many other persons,” he said.
“A case was registered on the complaint of one Shushil Chandra Rastogi, a resident of Greater Kailash 1. He alleged that someone called him and told that his Citi Bank credit card has been blocked and if he wants to reactivate it, some details were required. After giving the details, he found that Rs1,46,000 has been transferred to some merchants such as PayU, Paytm, Ola Cabs, Mobikwik, RPSl, MMPl, TTSl, Vodafone billpay etc,” said the official.
A raid was conducted at the accused's house in Jahangirpuri and he was arrested and the ‘Tata Walky’ from which the call was made to the complainant was recovered along with the desktop of accused.
“On further interrogation accused Jha disclosed that he was running a call centre to cheat people. He had employed four-five people, who were given training for this purpose. The bank account of the accused is being analysed to know as to how many people have been cheated and the total amount cheated by same modus operandi,” said the DCP
The accused has been taken on two days police custody remand for further investigation of the case.