Man held for cheating
The Hindu
A 31-year-old man was arrested by the cybercrimes police of Hyderabad on the charge of cheating a city-based elderly person in the guise of bonus over insurance policies and duped him to the tune of ₹
A 31-year-old man was arrested by the cybercrimes police of Hyderabad on the charge of cheating a city-based elderly person in the guise of bonus over insurance policies and duped him to the tune of ₹1 crore. The accused, Rahul Singh Chandel, hails from Vaishali, UP. Joint Commissioner of Police (Detective Department) Avinash Mohanty said that on July 17, a resident of Aghapura approached cybercrimes police station stating that in the 2015 he received a phone call from a person who introduced himself as K.P.Ahuja working at a finance company in Delhi. The caller said if he purchased some insurance policies, the former would give him 200 shares of the coal company and this would become ₹80 lakh. The victim would get the shares free as he is working in a finance company as a bonus and believed his version and paid the amounts for insurance policies and transferred ₹25 lakh on different dates as directed by Ahuja, Mr. Mohanty said.More Related News