Cyber cell police have busted a three member inter-State gang involved in duping victims in the name of availing loan under Pradhan Mantri Scheme; gang members used to open an office at State level and would dupe victims.
The victims were trapped using advertisements in the newspapers luring of loans under Pradhan Mantri Scheme and victims would be trapped through these advertisements.
After the victim would agree it was asked to pay good amount in the name of processing and documentation. The victim was asked to transfer money in bank account which was later withdrawn.
The accused were identified as Suresh Rajput, Sanju Rajput and Brijpal Rajput. The accused are of the same family and are residents of Sheopur Madhya Pradesh.
During the investigation police found that the accused would introduce themselves as employees of microfinance company. The accused would provide mobile number of SIM card obtained using fake documents and when the victim would contact they would ask to deposit money for different reasons and later the victim was not able to contact the accused.
None of the accused have studied till class 10. The accused have operated the racket for the past two years and duped scores of victims and duped to the tune of lakhs of rupees.
The accused were operating 10 offices in different states from where the fraud was committed and victims were duped in the name of microfinance companies run by the accused.