Gurugram cops nab 4 city residents involved in International fraud racket
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Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only BenefitsGurugram cyber police arrested four more people, including three women from Ludhiana, in a case related to fraudulent Chinese call centres in Cambodia and Laos. All these accused used to commit cyber fraud with Shiva in Laos and worked on a salary and commission basis. Four passports and four mobiles were recovered from their possession.
According to the police, more than 60 thousand people in Laos are involved in this type of fraud, which includes Indian, Pakistani and African citizens. Police said they had obtained information about these accused during the interrogation of accused Shiva, who was arrested recently from Ludhiana in the same case.
On Monday, the Gurugram cyber police arrested the other four accused from Ludhiana. On August 14, all five accused came to India and were involved in a case of cheating a Gurugram resident of Rs 36 lakh.
The arrested accused were identified as Ritika, alias Riti (33), and her brother Hemant (30), Prachi, alias Pari (21), and Sejal (21), all residents of Ludhiana.
“Till now, a total of 13 accused have been arrested in the case. We have taken all four accused on four days of police remand after being produced in a city court and are questioning them,” said a spokesperson of Gurugram police.