The third accused, who cheated students of class 10th and 12th in the name of selling board exam papers, has also been produced in the court by the Crime branch on Sunday and sent to jail.
The accused told the police during interrogation that he used to spend the money earned by cheating students by betting on cricket matches. He also lost some amount in online gaming apps. He too has been a victim of similar fraud in the past. After this he started cheating others.
According to Additional DCP Shailendra Singh Chauhan, the Cyber Crime Branch had received a complaint that some people had created a group on Telegram using the logo of the Board of Secondary Education. In this group, he used to get Rs 499 and 699 transferred to Paytm and Fem-Pay wallet by promising to provide papers to class 10th and 12th students. Based on the complaint, the Cyber Crime Branch had registered a case against unknown accused under sections of the Fraud and IT Act.
Police had arrested two accused Dheeraj Khatri (18), resident of Keshav Nagar, Neelganga Ujjain and a mino boy. Later, another accused Ajay Kumar Yadav (19), resident of Ghansaur district Seoni, was arrested. He currently lives in Bal Vihar Colony located in Piplani area of Anand Nagar. He is a first year BBA student and was cheating on the pretext of getting the paper. After interrogation, his family was presented in the court and sent to jail.
Additional DCP said that during interrogation, accused Ajay has admitted to spending the defrauded amount in an online gaming app. He has cheated more than a hundred students by misleading.