The Odisha police have arrested three cyber fraudsters from Patna in Bihar for duping a resident of Dhenkanal of over Rs 40 lakh on the pretext of arranging dealership of Reliance Petrol in his name.
The accused Akash Kumar (21) of Gangapur in Nalanda district, Subham Priyadarshi (19) of Sijua in Gaya district and Kousheldra Kumar alias Lallu (23) of Chakwai Warisaliganj in Nawda district were arrested November 29, informed Crime Branch, informed Crime Branch ADG Santosh Upadhyay on Monday.
At least 16 mobile phones, SIM cards, laptops, pen drives, dongles, cash of over Rs 8 lakh, cheque books, 47 ATM/Debit cards, notebook, driving license, Aadhaar Cards, PAN cards and several other incriminating documents were seized from their possession.
ADG said that Om Prakash Mishra (37) of Bhuban had on January 3 lodged a complaint alleging that three cyber fraudsters duped him of Rs 40, 45,000 by creating a fake website, reliancepetroleum.org, and tempting him to deposit money towards NOC application, licence, insurance fees, security deposit etc. in different fraud bank accounts for availing the dealership of a Reliance petrol pump.
Following the arrest, the accused persons were produced before the Court of JMFC, Patna and brought on transit remand. They were later forwarded to the Court of JMFC at Bhuban, said the ADG.