Five members of a gang have been arrested for allegedly duping a number of folks on the pretext of serving to them get visa by posing as representatives of reputed journey companies, police stated on Tuesday.
The accused have been recognized as Deepak Kumar Prajapati, Ashik Beg, Sajid, Sonu Kumar and Asib Khan, they stated.
Police stated that throughout the probe, it has emerged that some international nationals are additionally concerned within the fraud and could also be working from outdoors India.
Several cell phones, debit playing cards, financial institution passbooks and cheque books have been among the many paperwork recovered from the accused, they stated.
The matter was reported to police in October, 2022 by a health care provider of the Maulana Azad Medical College, who was duped of Rs 50,000 by the gang utilizing the identical modus operandi, they added.
In his criticism, the sufferer stated that whereas he was trying to find help in getting visa for Dubai, he got here throughout a journey company on-line. When he contacted them, he was requested to deposit USD 1,750 USD (about Rs 1,39,766) in a again account supplied by them, which was acknowledged to be refundable.
The physician deposited Rs 50,000 within the given checking account however after depositing the cash, when he tried to contact the journey company, its telephone was switched off, police stated, including that even the e-mail despatched by him to the given IDs bounced again.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Sanjay Kumar Sain stated throughout inquiry, they collected particulars of the checking account whereby the quantity was deposited and analysed the decision particulars report of the obtainable numbers.
The inquiry revealed that the alleged account was within the title of 1 Deepak Kumar Prajapati. Upon analysing the assertion of the account, it was discovered that there have been many transactions in that account which raised suspicion that he may have cheated different folks additionally.
“The available address in the bank record was found fake and further examination revealed that the account holder hails from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. A team was sent there and accused Deepak Kumar Prajapati was nabbed,” the DCP stated.
Subsequently, his associates concerned within the crime have been additionally nabbed, he added.
“During interrogation, the accused persons revealed that they were being used for opening bank accounts on fake addresses and documents. Some more people are involved in the fraud,” the senior police officer stated.
“When a person searched online for visa assistance, the accused would track it and then contact the person by posing themselves as representatives of authentic agencies working in the field.To convince the targeted person, the gang used to send e-mail IDs similar to that of reputed agencies,” the DCP stated.
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