10 members of gang of conmen held

Ten members of an inter-State gang, including five from Telangana’s Mancherial district, were arrested by the Cybercrime police of Cyberabad for cheating people in the name of winning ‘bumper’ prizes. Commissioner of Police V. C. Sajjanar said that the accused gang members run call centres in Ranchi and Rourkela from where they send letters with a scratch card to the customers of Naaptol, Herbalife and other popular e-commerce firms, informing that they won a lottery. The gullible customers scratched the card they were made to believe they won Sports Utility Vehicle or its matching amount. So far, the gang had duped hundreds of people to the tune of ₹ 2 crore.