Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Five people, including three from Ujjain, were arrested on Saturday for helping some crooks to dupe a doctor of Rs 3.08 crore on the pretext of investing his money in the share market. The accused had provided some current bank accounts to the fraudster gang to receive money taken from the doctor.
Further investigation is on. According to the police, a woman named Aaru Bhatt contacted the doctor through a WhatsApp call a few days ago, talked to him and sent a link for investment in the share market to earn a good profit in a short time.
After the doctor filled his details in the link, the woman told him to invest money. When he invested the money, he found a good return and withdrew the money twice. After this, the doctor transferred Rs 1 crore in some installments.
During Diwali, the doctor tried to withdraw the money but could not do so. He later called the customer care number that he was given and was informed that he had to pay an income tax of 30 per cent on the total profit to withdraw money.
Then, the doctor transferred Rs 55 lakh to the bank account given by the accused but he was still unable to get his money. Then, he contacted the woman Aaru and as per instructions, again transferred Rs 30 lakh and 17 lakh to the bank accounts given by the accused to get his money.
According to the complainant, he transferred Rs 3.08 crore in various installments but did not receive his money. After that, he lodged a complaint on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) with the help of his son.
On the basis of the complaint, a case under sections 318(4), 316(5), 111(4) and 61 of the BNS was registered against unidentified accused. During technical investigation, the crime branch officials managed to arrest Anand Pahadiya of Dwarkapuri area and Mohit Bhawsar of Aerodrome area of the city for providing current bank accounts to the fraudsters.
Anand allegedly informed the crime branch that he had opened a current bank account using his name and had provided the details to the thugs with the help of Mohit in lieu of Rs 50000. Mohammad Rehan, Shahrukh Qureshi and Ejaz Khan, all residents of Ujjain were also arrested.
Rehan had reportedly opened a current bank account on the instructions of Shahrukh to get a commission of 2 percent of the money received in the account. Shahrukh further provided the bank account to Ejaz to get a commission of 4 per cent. Ejaz, who is a mechanical engineer, allegedly informed the crime branch that he had given the bank account details to the scammers to get a commission of 6 percent of the transactions.
