Three persons including a woman were arrested for cheating a resident of Raipur through fake websites to the tune of Rs 33.50 lakh. The Special Investigation Cell (SIC) rounded up trio from Mumbai, police said here on Wednesday.
According to police Narayan Sahu a resident of Maulipara under the limits of Telibandha police station had lodged a report in this connection. In the report Sahu maintained that few months back while surfing on internet he came across a firm Sai Kripa Enterprises which was searching to make franchise for selling some chemical compound in Chhattisgarh. The private company claimed that it offered the chemical substance on lower rates as compared the market value as it had to be imported from foreign countries.
Sahu then contacted the firm on the mobile numbers given on the e-mail which he had received. The person on other side of phone convinced Sahu luring him of some attractive scheme and then complainant submitted Rs 33.50 lakh in the account number provided by the person on other side of mobile phone, police informed.
later on there was no response from the company. Sahu then approached police and came to know that the e-mail account from which he had received information was fake, police maintained. A case was then registered against Vinod Mishra, Deenanath Gupta and Poonam Gupta all residents of Mumbai. During the course of investigation police rounded up trio from Mumbai. It is being suspected that some foreigners may be also the part of this gang, police said. A laptop, mobile phones and some documents were also seized from their possession.