Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 24
The Cyber Crime Investigation Cell (CCIC) of the UT police arrested another member of the swindlers’ gang allegedly involved in duping people on the pretext of insurance policies.
He is the seventh suspect — identified as Angrej Singh (32), a resident of Malout, Muktsar district, Punjab — to have been arrested in the case.
He used to withdraw money transferred by victims through ATMs. The police said two ATM cards used by him had been seized.
The investigation revealed that the suspect used two bank accounts in Rajasthan for receiving the money transferred from the victims.
The police said they were verifying if the bank accounts were opened on fake IDs or if they were operated by some accomplices of the suspect.
Six members of the gang were arrested by the police earlier this week after a case of cheating was registered at the Sector 34 police station on the complaint of Nirmal Singh, a resident of Sector 44. He told the police that an unknown person called him in June and discussed about his old insurance policy. The fraudster claimed that complainant’s insurance policy worth Rs25 lakh had matured and if he wanted to claim the same, he would have to deposit fee and some documents. The complainant was lured by the scheme and deposited around Rs16.54 lakh in different bank accounts.
Similarly, a Sector 42 resident was also duped of Rs 2 lakh on the pretext of paying the instalment of insurance policy in advance.
During the investigation, Rs4 lakh, around 30 mobile phones, along with SIM cards of different service providers, and 10 diaries containing information regarding victims have been recovered from the accused.
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