Three held for duping Kurukshetra resident of Rs 1.29 crore

The Kurukshetra police have arrested three men for allegedly duping a 79-year-old businessman in Kurukshetra of over Rs 1.29 crore by threatening him of action in a fake money laundering case and keeping him under digital custody for hours.

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The suspects have been identified as Mohit, Ashish and Ankit, residents of Gujarat.

A Kurukshetra police spokesman said on January 11, a Kurukshetra resident in his complaint at the cybercrime police station had stated that scamsters posed as officials of the CBI, Supreme Court judge and TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) to dupe him. He had received a phone call on January 7 and the caller identified himself as an officer of TRAI and told the victim that his phone number found among those involved in money laundering. He was kept under digital arrest and tricked to deposit Rs 1.29 crore to avoid action against him.

The spokesman said, during investigation, the Kurukshetra police have arrested three men from Gujarat. They were produced before a court which sent Mohit and Ashish to jail, while Ankit to eight-day police remand. The police will recover sim cards and mobile phones used to dupe the Kurukshetra resident during the remand. Some more names have cropped up during investigation and efforts are being made to nab the remaining accused.