- Crime with connections from India to Nigeria
- Stealing money from people’s bank accounts sitting in Delhi
Nagpur.
The Jaripatka Police busted an International gang that was cheating Nagpur citizens through cyber crime. The cops succeeded in arresting the members of the International gang who hail from Nigeria. Sources said that this gang while sitting in Delhi, used to dupe the citizens of various places including Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai, Aurangabad, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh under the guise of on-line shopping. They have duped the citizens and used to fraudulently withdraw money from their bank accounts.
This international gang has conned many Nagpur citizens through their on-line Ponzi schemes. However, the Jaripatka Police who has been on their trail and had investigated their modus operandi succeeded in apprehending them and has brought to Nagpur. On July 16, 2015, five members of the international gang were apprehended and presented in the court. Sources claimed that these guys have a past history of duping and conning many in the past too.
One of the victims had lodged a complaint in Jaripatka Police Station against these gang members who had fleeced a huge amount of money from his bank account through on-line means.
During the course of the investigation, it came to fore that some Nigerian nationals were involved in this crime of fleecing big sums from people’s account. On earlier occasions too, these gang members had fleeced the citizens by claiming that they (victims) have won a huge sum (worth lakhs of rupees) and have duped them. The cops took these complaints seriously and made a plan to apprehend these accused. The help of Cyber Cell too was taken to apprehend these accused.
Under the guidance of Assistant Police Inspector Wagh a team was sent to Delhi. They succeeded in apprehending all the members of the gang. With the arrest of these gang members, many more crimes will be revealed soon.