The Pune city cyber police branch has arrested the fourth accused from Uttar Pradesh in connection with duping a 60-year-old Pune-based doctor of ₹2 crore, said officials.
The accused has been identified as Shahawan Putra Salim Ahmed, 27, from Laxmi Nagar Delhi. He was in Agra police custody and handed over to the Pune city police on May 9. Other accused in the case, including Sandeep Kumar Pautra Dharmapal from Ghaziabad, Sahib Khan Putra Nasir Ali and Tuajib Khan Putra Akil Ahmed from Kasganj are already in police custody.
According to the police, the reputed doctor came in contact with the accused through telephone call to get an insurance policy of a private company in 2013. He convinced the doctor to invest ₹2.05 crore and get better returns. Accused Shahawan, Tuajib and Sahib were handling calls while Sandeep will pick people whose bank accounts will be used to deposit the fraud money by giving them monetary benefit.
The accused working at a private insurance company call centre in Noida used to collect data of customers and call them after the end of their daily duty.
In 2013, one of the accused called the doctor to revive his lapsed insurance policy. The complainant agreed to the fake insurance advisor and invested money, but did not get any returns on investment.
Inspector Chandrashekhar Sawant said, “Our probe has found that the victim has invested ₹1.5 crore. More detailed likely after detailed interrogation. The accused used 41 bank accounts of 18 banks to receive fraud money. The accused misused customer data of private insurance company where they were working.”
{{/usCountry}}Inspector Chandrashekhar Sawant said, “Our probe has found that the victim has invested ₹1.5 crore. More detailed likely after detailed interrogation. The accused used 41 bank accounts of 18 banks to receive fraud money. The accused misused customer data of private insurance company where they were working.”
{{/usCountry}}The court has given Ahmed police custody till May 13, 2023.
A case has been registered at the cyber police station of Pune city under Sections 419, 420 and 34 of the IPC and other relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.
Cyber crime expert Rohan Nyayadhish said, “High-return scams are dangerous. Scammers mostly target 60-plus well-established people. Verify the high-return schemes before investing in it.”