Fraudster who duped local resident of Rs 20 lakh apprehended in Bihar

Seventeen months after registration of an FIR at the cyber crime police station on June 24, the police have succeeded in arresting a migrant from Bihar, who had allegedly duped a local resident of Rs 20 lakh on the pretext of getting a franchise of Dominos Pizza.

The accused, identified as Dheeraj Kumar, had got the amount transferred in his bank account opened under the fake name of Udey Thind in Gujarat.

Assistant Commissioner Police, Cyber Crime, Murad, Jasvir Singh Gill said that the prime accused, Dheeraj Kumar, had allured Tarsem Singh of Guru Nanak Engineering College area around two years ago to make money by opening a Dominos Pizza outlet and took an amount of Rs 20 lakh from him on the pretext of various expenses, including security deposit.

To win the confidence of the victim, Dheeraj asked him to transfer the amount in his bank account in Gujarat instead of paying in cash. On coming to know about the fraud committed with him, Tarsem got an FIR registered against the suspect at the cyber crime police station on June 24.

“It was on the basis of scientific, technical and human investigation conducted under the supervision of Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma, cops led by SHO Harinder Singh managed to nab the accused from Bihar,” said ACP Gill.