3 Nigerians, Indian arrested for duping woman of `1.5cr

A special team of Delhi police crime branch has arrested three Nigerians and an Indian woman in the city for allegedly duping people of crores of rupees with fake lottery schemes.

The crime branch said the accused used to send text messages and emails to the unsuspecting victims informing them that they had won huge amounts in lottery schemes.

“Then they used to seek details of the victims such as their names, addresses, phone numbers and emails. They used to send false documents to the victims and then ask them to deposit money for income tax, service charge, conversion charge etc.,” the police said. The arrested accused were identified as Suleiman Lawal (62) alias Benjamin, Ugochukwu Usifo alias Brown Bruno (32 ), Ichaba Lucky Igele (41 ), and one Indian lady counterpart namely Bandana Chettri alias Niki alias Anjali Gupta (43 ), wife of Ichaba Lucky Igele.

According to the police, a complaint was lodged on June 22 by Sardar Kamaljeet Singh from Punjab with the crime branch alleging that he was cheated to the tune of around `1.5 crore by a gang of Nigerians and an Indian woman.

The complainant was called to Delhi by the accused to pay the last instalment. Preliminary enquiry conducted and a case was registered on June 23. Team

On June 23, a trap was laid by the Crime Branch sleuths at a bus stand in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar and two of the accused were arrested. Four mobile phones, fake US dollars, three laptops and passports were seized from their possession, the police said.