Three arrested for duping elderly man of ₹25 lakh
Three men have been arrested for duping an elderly man of ₹25 lakh by putting him under 'digital arrest', the police said on Monday.
The three accused — Rahul Verma, Shantanu Richoriya and Arjun Singh — were arrested from a hotel in Paharganj, an officer said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South West) Surendra Choudhary said, 'The complainant alleged he got a video call on March 21 from a man who posed as a Crime Branch officer of the Nashik police. The accused claimed that the complainant's Aadhar card details had been used to open fraudulent bank accounts and were linked to money laundering by a major airline company.'
The accused threatened the complainant of police action if he failed to comply and coerced him into transferring all his savings and selling his wife's jewellery to pay the amount through an online portal, the DCP said.
After investigation, seven to eight mule accounts have been identified as part of the network that the three accused work for, and three mobile phones, four SIM cards and several cheque books have been recovered. Efforts are on to identify and arrest other members of the syndicate, the DCP added.
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