Cyber crime cell has nabbed a miscreant who duped farmers to the tune of Rs 1.7 lakh in the name of facilitating loan to develop garden; accused cheated victim by obtaining OTP of e -wallets.
Police said that the victims Devi Singh and Mukesh Yadav lodged complaint that they were duped in the name of facilitating loan to develop garden.
The victims lodged a complaint with the Cyber crime cell regarding the accused who offered loan for developing garden and asked for money to facilitate loan. After assuring that loan would be facilitated the victim agreed to provide money. The accused asked for OTP of their e-Wallets Paytm and Mpesa.
From Mukesh Singh’s the accused cheated Rs 52000 cash and Rs 38000 from Paytm and Mpesa while from Devi Singh accused obtained Rs 25000 cash and Rs 55000 from Paytm and Mpesa wallets.
Police narrowed down on miscreants who were operating the nexus from 80 ft road. In the further investigation Sarfaraz Siddiqui alias Mayank Sharma of Nav Bahar colony and Nitesh Kumar alias Zuber Ahmed were duping the farmers. Sarfaraz was nabbed by the police while Zuber escaped and is still at large.
During the investigation the accused told the police that he used to cheat the victims along with Zuber. They used to contact farmers by fake names and would assure that they could facilitate loan for developing garden.
The police have registered a case under sections 420 and 34 of the IPC and 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act.