A team of the cybercrime police station of the Gurugram police has arrested three persons for their role in loan fraud. The accused cheated a city-based resident of Rs 70,627 in which the probe team has recovered Rs 62,000 from their possession.
Those arrested were Lalit Yadav (25), Sanjay (36) and Sandeep Kumar (34) of Charkhi Dadri district in Haryana. According to police, a complaint had been received in this regard on April 4, 2019 filed by Vijay Pal Singh of Gandhi Nagar, Gurugram.
In his police complaint, he stated that the accused called him up on January 10 for a business loan and as per their conversation the victim sends some documents via WhatsApp to the culprits.
On January 13 the accused informed the victim that his documents have been verified and will soon get Rs 10 lakh loan as the victim had applied.
“The accused send form on behalf of Khadi & Village Industries Commission via WhatsApp to the victim and told him to revert the form with his signature and as per their direction Vijay replays the same on a WhatsApp number provided by the accused,” said Suresh Kumar, SHO cyber crime police station.
Later the culprits provided an account number to the victim and told him to deposit money in the said account for different purposes like file charge, verification, loan insurance, instalment and duped the victim of Rs 70,627.
The complainant came to know about the fraud when the accused switched off their mobile.
Following a tip-off and technical surveillance, the police nabbed the culprits from DLF Phase-4 on Tuesday. During the interrogation, the accused reveals that they duped the people via phone calls and charged the money in the name of loan registration fees, file charge and asked them for advance payment.
“They asked their target to deposit the amount to their relatives or friends accounts. The culprits were arrested on June 11 and were on police remand for the past two days. On Thursday they were sent to the judicial custody by the court. Further probe into the matter is underway,” police spokesperson, Subhash Boken said.