Madhya Pradesh: Kotma Police Arrests Two Online Fraudsters From Bihar
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Kotma (Madhya Pradesh): The Kotma police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two online frauds from Bihar. A resident of ward number two near Barrier Road Kotma, Anuppur district, Rupesh Jain, said he wanted to take the agency of a cold drink company.
When he searched for the company on Google App, he found a mobile phone number. Rupesh said when he spoke to the phone number, he got an email ID from Campa Cola Company. He also received a form through an e-mail ID.
But after he sent the form to the company, an unidentified person told Rupesh that he had to deposit Rs 82,010 as security money. Once he deposited the money, an official from the cold drinks company would visit the spot, the identified person said.
In the complaint, Rupesh said he had sent the money to Indian Overseas Bank.
The unidentified person again wanted Rs 5, 00,000 from Rupesh, but none of the officials of the company visited the site for an inquiry of the spot where the office would be set up.
By the time Rupesh could realise something had gone wrong, the money was transferred from the Indian Overseas Bank. He realised that someone had tried to cheat him in the name of the company.
On the basis of the complaint, the police began to search for the unidentified person with the help of the account numbers where the money was transferred.
When the police reached Patna and met the bank account holder, the team members came to know that the account was named in the name of Sonu Kumar.
But Suraj Kumar Yadav and Raviranjan Kumar Yadav took the cheque books, passbooks, ATM card and other documents from him, Sonu said.
Both Suraj and Raviranjan are residents of Brahgawan under Islampur police station in Nalanda district, Bihar.
When the police quizzed both of them, they confessed to having cheated people by opening bogus bank accounts.
