3 arrested for duping people by posing as RBI officials

NOIDA: A Noida cyber cell team has arrested three persons for allegedly duping people with lakhs of rupees in the name of providing help in insurance related problems, said police. According to police, the arrested accused have been identified as Brajesh Kumar (26), Awadhesh Kumar (31) and Praveen Kumar (30).

Police said that the matter came to light when the miscreants duped a senior citizen in Noida with lakhs of rupees after posing as RBI officials. “Based on the complaint filed by Robin Majumder, a retired NTPC official who lives in Sector 62 of Noida, a probe was launched into the matter and the culprits were nabbed from the Khora area,” said Ajay Pal Sharma, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Noida.

As per the complaint, Majumder alleged that some RBI officials had called him up to say that his insurance policy has lapsed and needs to be renewed. They further told that if he wanted to save the money spent in insurance and also get additional Rs two lakh in return, he must have to pay Rs six lakh. Majumder deposited the amount in their bank accounts. But when he called up on the phone number to check the status of his policy, nobody would receive the call.

“Upon interrogating the main accused Brajesh Kumar, who belongs to Kannauj, he told police that he joined Awadhesh and Praveen in the business. The accused used to call up people and tell them that their insurance policy has lapsed. They would then ask them to pay some amount to get it renewed and also assure them of doubling the money,” added Sharma.

The officer further said that after getting the money from the fraud ,the trio would distribute it between themselves, with Brajesh keeping half of the amount and Awadhesh getting 30 per cent and Praveen getting 20 per cent of it.

The police said they have frozen the bank account of Praveen which had Rs three lakh of the duped money, while search was on to recover the remaining money. The mobile phone and sim card used by them have also been seized.

A case against the trio has been registered at the Sector 58 police station under IPC section 420 for cheating and section 66 of the Information Technology Act for online fraud, which may draw a punishment for up to three years in jail and a fine up to Rs five lakh.