Cyber Crime, Bhopal nabbed a miscreant from Bhopal who duped the victim to the tune of Rs 10,856 by fraudulently transferring money in e-wallet. The accused would create e-wallet and port linked SIM of the victim.
The miscreant was nabbed after the victim was duped by the accused who was later identified as Deepak Shukla.
A complaint was lodged with the Cyber cell by the victim and in her compliant, she stated that she was duped by the accused who had collected documents for financing mobile phone but she found that Rs 10,856 were transferred from her account after which she reported the incident with the police.
In the technical analysis, it was found that the money was transferred in e-wallet of Paytm account and using the details accused was tracked. The accused is involved in mobile repair and sale work. Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation, the police registered a case under section 420 of the IPC.
During the investigation police found that the accused with the help of documents submitted by the victim would create e-wallet in their name and would transfer money. The accused would port the linked mobile number of the victim so that no details would be received by the victim.
The number of victims would increase after this fraud has been reported said police. Police said that from the accused one mobile phone and one SIM was recovered. The number of victims could be more who have been duped by the accused would be investigated.
Meanwhile, Habibganj police have arrested a drug peddler carrying drugs weighing around 2 kg near Shyam Nagar EWS building on Friday.
The action was taken after receiving information regarding drug peddler and team rushed to the spot and find a man near the spot. The police seized over 2 kg of Cannabis which was carried in bag. The drug peddlers was identified as Yusuf Khan.
After the initial investigation police have registered a case under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act. The accused has been booked for drug peddling in the past.