One more held in Rs 15-lakh fraud case

The police have arrested another accused in the Rs 15-lakh investment fraud case, in which a city resident was put under “digital arrest”. The number of arrests has reached three. The accused has been identified as Mahendra Kumar Nayak (39), a native of Churu district in Rajasthan.

The case was registered on a complaint filed by a Chandigarh resident, Sunita. She had reported that she was duped of Rs 15 lakh by fraudsters posing as officials of a courier company and the Narcotics Department. A raid was conducted on December 11, leading to Nayak’s arrest. During interrogation, the accused allegedly admitted to knowingly providing his bank account to other fraudsters in return for a 10 per cent commission per transaction and handing over the account kit and signed cheques.