Kurukshetra police arrest two for duping ex-serviceman of Rs 40 lakh

The police have arrested two accused for duping a Kurukshetra resident of Rs 40 lakh on the pretext of higher returns on investment. The police have arrested Vikram, a resident of Karnal, and Rajiv Kumar, a resident of Kaithal.

As per the Kurukshetra police spokesman, an ex-serviceman, Shakin Singh, a resident of Kurukshetra, in his complaint had stated that on January 17, he received a link of ‘Global Tech News’ on his Facebook account and after opening the link he saw a video of the Finance Minister regarding investment. He submitted his mobile number and e-mail ID for registration on the link, and later he received a call from an unknown number.

The complainant said that the fraudster told him that he could earn Rs 50,000-60,000 per month by doing some investment on their suggestions. Following the instruction, the complainant got a trading account opened and invested Rs 21,000, on which a profit of Rs 19,000 reflected in his account. Eyeing higher profits, the complainant had invested Rs 40 lakh, and later failed to withdraw the amount. After he came to know that he has been duped, a case was registered at the Cyber Crime police station.

Cyber Crime Police Station in-charge Mahesh Kumar, said that Vikram and Rajiv Kumar had been arrested and they were produced before a court which sent them to a six-day police remand. Further investigation into the case was underway, he added.

In another case, the police have arrested Naveen Kumar, for providing his bank account and mobile SIM card to cyber fraudsters. The fraudsters used to get the amount of cyber fraud transferred into the account of Naveen Kumar, a resident of Shahabad.

In-charge Mahesh Kumar said Naveen Kumar had provided his bank account and SIM card to cyber fraudsters in lieu of some money. He has been sent to jail after completion of his police remand. During investigation, it has come to light that there were seven complaints in different states, including Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Odisha, in which Naveen Kumar’s bank account was used and transactions of around Rs 72 lakh were recorded, which were related to cybercrime.