Chhattisgarh Police on Monday arrested two Nigerian nationals from New Delhi and brought them to Raipur on charges of cheating a woman from the state to the tune of `7.53 lakh after posing as doctors through a fake profile on a social media site.
Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav told The Pioneer that the accused, identified as Iduchi (30) and Christopher (28), resided in Delhi.
The victim woman recently lodged a complaint with the Khamtarai police station in Raipur that in August 2019 she became friends with the accused on Facebook, Yadav said.
One of the Nigerians told the woman that he is a doctor and he will fix the stains on her face. The accused told the gullible victim he had sent a parcel of some items and some cash.
The men forced the woman to part with `7.53 lakh in the name of airport and foreign exchange immittances and other charges. She transferred the money in various account numbers of the accused, the officer said.
When the men asked for more money, the victim realized she has been cheated and she lodged a FIR against the accused, he said.
Based on a technical analysis of Facebook IDs, messages, mobile numbers and bank account numbers, the police traced the location of the accused and arrested them in Dwarka area in New Delhi, Yadav said.
Police recovered four mobile phones, three ATM cards and five PayTM cards from their possession, he added.
The accused confessed that they cheated hundreds of women all over India to the tune of lakhs of rupees, Yadav said.