‘RAW agent’ dupes Chandigarh woman of Rs 11 lakh, held

Chandigarh, November 19

A 42-year-old man, who allegedly duped a woman of Rs 11 lakh by posing as a RAW agent, has been arrested by the cyber crime investigation cell (CCIC) of the UT police.

The suspect has been identified as Nilutpal, a resident of Mathura.

The CCIC had received a complaint from a resident of Sector 38 (West), who reported that she met the suspect on Facebook in 2019. They became friends and started a conversation through Whatsapp and Telegram.

The suspect introduced himself as a RAW officer and told that the complainant that he was on a secret mission. He told her that he had received a bullet injury while serving the nation and was in urgent need of money.

The suspect won the complainant’s trust and demanded money from her citing different reasons — for operation, to pay rent and making some payments. The complainant, in good faith, paid each time when he demanded.

Later, the suspect sent a message through his friend to the complainant that he had died while performing his duty as a RAW agent and also sent photos of his body.

The complainant got suspicious and made a police complaint. A case was registered at the Maloya police station.

The police froze the bank account in which the victim had transferred the money. The account had Rs3 lakh.

The police kept tracking the suspect and on November 18, arrested him from Mathura. A mobile phone and a SIM card were recovered from him.

He was produced in a court and remanded in one-day police custody.

During the investigation, the suspect revealed that he had done MSc in Computer Science from Shillong University. He did a job in Delhi for some time and when the police froze his bank account, he shifted to Mathura. Nilupal used to have chats with several girls on different social media platforms by introducing himself as a RAW agent.