Two gangs of online swindlers busted in Sangrur

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, March 1

The police busted two gangs of online swindlers and arrested two persons. Unearthing an ‘Instagram tantrik gang’, the police arrested one person.

“We have arrested Sachin Bhargav, who was running the gang and duping residents of Rajashtan, Punjab, Gujarat, Karnataka, Haryana, New Delhi, Mumbai and even residents of other countries. Till date, his 45 victims have come to the fore. They have lost lakhs of rupees,” said DSP Mohit Aggarwal.

The DSP said gang members had made pages on various social media sites, claiming to have powers to redress grievances of people. The DSP said the police had registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC, and provisions of the IT Act at the Ahemdgarh police station.

The second gang was ‘Online naukri gang’. The DSP said they had arrested an accused from New Delhi. “Its members targeted jobless people and took money from them with a fake promise of providing them jobs,” he said.

“The arrested accused, Ajay Kumar, and his accomplices made calls from from various phone numbers. We have information that in some cases, they even duped residents by taking the details of debit cards. Our detailed investigation is going on,” he said.