Cyber Crime sleuths have nabbed two miscreants involved in duping a Danish Nagar resident to the tune of Rs 1.5 lakh by alluring him winning Rs 25 lakh in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) show.
The accused persons are residents of Satna and were identified as Pushpendra Kumar Patel (24) and Dilip alias Babu Kumar Patel (32).
The matter came to fore after victim Rambabu Verma of Danish Nagar lodged a complaint that he had received a call from an unknown mobile number and the caller informed that he had won Rs 25 lakh in KBC show and providing reasons like taxes and registration for obtaining the money caller asked to deposit Rs 1.5 lakh. The victim got assured and deposited the money. He nevere shared the details with the family
Based on the complaint, a case under section 420 of the IPC and section 66 of the IT act was registered and in the investigation, it was found that Pushpendra and Dileep fof Satna are behind the fraud.
Pushpendra runs a mobile repair and reaching voucher selling shop in Ramnagar Satna while Dilip runs a hotel in Amarpatan area in Satna.
Police suspects that the two have cheated other victims also and after the news of their arrest would become public more victims are likely to report fraud they have faced by these two accused.