A 38-year-old internet designer was arrested for allegedly creating pretend web sites and duping folks within the title of Patanjali Yogpeeth, an official stated on Saturday.
The accused has been recognized as Rahul Kumar, a resident of Laxmi Nagar in Delhi.
According to police, a grievance was obtained at Dwarka Cyber police station the place the sufferer alleged that he was trying to find remedy of his spouse on web and located a cell quantity.
Thereafter, he contacted on that quantity and one Dr Sachin Agrawal requested him to deposit Rs 50,000 in a checking account. However, after that, complainant couldn`t contact once more on that quantity.
“The complainant again searched number on Google and found another mobile number and the alleged person asked to deposit Rs 45,600 in another bank account. When complainant again contacted him, he again demanded Rs 56,800 from the complainant, but this time, he didn`t pay,” stated M Harsha Vardhan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka).
During the investigation, the small print of the beneficiary checking account had been obtained and name element data of the alleged quantity was obtained and analysed.
“On March 21, on the idea of technical evaluation and surveillance, the group raided the home of accused Rahul and apprehended him from the Laxmi Nagar space.
“During interrogation, Rahul confessed that he was doing work of pretend web site designing. Rahul stated that he, together with, co-accused Sumit used to dupe folks within the title of some service which by no means will get delivered.
“Rahul used to design fake websites in the name of other leading companies like Patanjali, among others, and place the numbers there, provided by co-accused Sumit who is resident of Rajgir, Bihar and also receives calls of public persons,” stated the DCP.
“Sumit used to ask the victims to deposit amount in different bank accounts and then both accused used to divide the cheating amount between them. They mostly used to do fraud in the name of Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar,” stated the DCP.
