Two people were arrested on Wednesday on complaint of a woman who alleged that she was fleeced of Rs 6 lakh by
a man whom she had befriended through Facebook messenger.
In her complaint filed at Delhi Cantt police station, the woman said after sometime the accused who claimed himself to be a British citizen Daniel told her that he was sending one gift for her daughter and asked her to get it released from custom office Mumbai Airport.
At the same time she received a call from one girl who introduced herself as custom official from Mumbai Airport, said police official, adding that the caller lady informed the complainant that they had checked the parcel which is containing 35,500 pounds.
She threatened the complainant that she had to deposit Rs 86,000 otherwise she will file police complaint against the complainant, said police. Due to pressure of the accused persons, the complainant deposited Rs 86,000 in the account of one Gopal having SBI Bank account and in the same process the complainant deposited more than Rs 6 lakh in different bank accounts as told by the perpetrators, said police.
Realising that she lost the money, the complainant approached police that started probing the case and accused Shobhit and Pradip were arrested through technical surveillance.
Several forged documents and IDs, including 1850 PAN cards, 900 voter id, 350 SIM cards, 186 passbooks, 430 cheque books and 290 ATMs were recovered from them.