Two held for cyber fraud in Gurugram
Accused sent to judicial custody
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The Gurugram Cyber Police have arrested two persons for duping people on the pretext of providing food delivery services. They were produced in a city court, which sent them to judicial custody.
The accused were identified as Ritik Pal, a resident of Maujpur, and Mayank Sharma, a resident of Timarpur in Delhi. Another accused was earlier arrested in the same fraud.
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According to the police, a man filed a complaint, stating that he was duped of Rs 88,000. While investigating the case, the cyber police arrested the duo. “The police interrogation revealed that in this case, Tanishq’s gift cards were purchased with the defrauded amount. One of them had redeemed the gift card, kept 10 per cent of it with themselves and deposited the remaining money in the account of another accused. Both of them are being questioned,” said a spokesperson of the Gurugram police.
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