Raipur. Raipur police has arrested the foreign nationals who cheated. Police said that the woman lodged a report at the police station Pandari that she is a doctor by profession. The applicant was introduced to a person named Vikas Kumar, a resident of Scotland, through a matrimonial site and the conversation between the two started from 14.04.2023 through a WhatsApp call. Both Vikas Kumar and the applicant talked among themselves and agreed to marry and the applicant was told by Vikas Kumar that he had a daughter. Meanwhile, Vikas Kumar told the applicant that he was sending a gift through parcel for marriage and on the occasion of his daughter’s birthday, that on 27.04.23 the unknown holder of mobile number 917428526216 called on the mobile phone of the applicant himself. Demanded Rs.35,000/- for receiving the parcel saying that it was from the Custom Department, on which Rs.35,000/- was deposited by the applicant in his bank account and the holder of the mobile phone again called the applicant’s mobile phone and said that your Foreign currency has also come in the parcel, for which penalty will have to be paid, on which the applicant deposited the amount in his bank account. Similarly, the holder of mobile number 9233786989 called the mobile number of the applicant and demanded the amount again in the name of penalty, on which the amount was deposited by the applicant in his account. Thus, a total of Rs 13,55,000/- was deposited by the applicant in different dates, installments and bank accounts. But the holders of the mobile number were threatening and demanding more money from the applicant, on which the applicant realized that she had been cheated, that on the report of the applicant, crime number 152/23 Section 420 was registered against the unknown accused in police station Pandari. Bhadavi. Offense was registered.
On which the detection of the unknown accused was started by the joint team of Anti-Crime and Cyber Unit and Police Station Pandari under the direction of senior officers. Raipur police had succeeded in arresting the accused who cheated in the same way in the past as well. Therefore, the work was started by the team focusing on the Nigerian gangs that commit crime on the basis of this type of incident. The I.D. of matrimonial between the accused and the applicant. And the conversation took place through messages and mobile numbers of the said I.D. And along with technical analysis of mobile numbers, information was also obtained from the bank regarding the bank account mentioned by the applicant, in which the money was deposited by the applicant. Constantly analyzing all the above facts, information and evidence received in relation to the unknown accused, success was achieved in marking the location of the unknown accused and the presence of the accused was found to be in Dwarka, Delhi. Based on the location received, a 06-member team was sent to Delhi. On starting the investigation in Delhi, it was found that the accused was very careful in concealing his identity and carried out such fraud. The names and addresses of the mobile numbers, matrimonial IDs and bank accounts used by the accused were fake and those mobile numbers and bank accounts were used only and only for the purpose of committing the fraud. On the basis of technical analysis, the team camping in Delhi received vital clues regarding the residence of the accused in Mohan Garden, Sainik Vihar Colony, Delhi. On which the team immediately raided the houses of the accused without losing any time. During the raid, 03 foreign nationals were present in the house and the call center was being operated by them in the room. On inquiry by the team members, the foreign nationals told their names to be Emmanuel and Polinus resident of Nigeria and Augustine resident of Benin. On strictly questioning the three, the accused accepted to cause the said incident of cheating the applicant of lakhs of rupees by luring the applicant to send her a gift.
On which the three accused were arrested and 19 mobile phones, 01 laptop, 31 ATM cards of different banks, 22 passbooks, 35 checkbooks and 01 SIM card related to the crime were seized from their possession. The accused Emmanuel and Polinus are originally from Nigeria and Augustine is a resident of Benin country, who were currently residing in a house located in Mohan Garden, Sainik Vihar Colony, Delhi. During interrogation, the accused have been told to cheat hundreds of women all over India by luring them to the tune of crores of rupees by operating a call center in their house. The accused were arrested from Delhi and brought to Raipur on transit remand. The visa period of accused Emmanuel and Polinus has expired at present, who were living illegally in Delhi, on which 14 foreign acts have been registered separately in the case against both the accused, as well as Section 34 IPC in the case against the three accused. and 66D I.T. Act has also been added.
The accused Emmanuel and Polinus were also living illegally in Delhi after the expiry of the visa period, on which both the accused were sent to jail after registering the offense of Foreign Act against both the accused by the Delhi Police. During the investigation, a total of 19 crimes have been registered by the accused in different districts of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana and other states, in which the accused have cheated the victims of crores of rupees. And the accused have not been arrested in any case. Advance action is being taken by Raipur Police by sharing information regarding the arrested accused by contacting the police of the said states.
Method of incident – By creating fake IDs in various platforms of matrimonial site, Facebook and social media, the accused contact the women and get their mobile number and by making WhatsApp calls, gradually winning the trust and confidence of the women, they offer many tempting and attractive offers. Cheating is done by getting money in different bank accounts given by them by giving allurement. To keep their identity confidential, the accused destroy the SIM and mobile used for a crime after that crime and also deactivate the ID. All the bank accounts given by them are also fake.
arrested accused
- Emmanuel Father Nebuef Age 33 Years Resident Nigeria Hall Address House No. 08 Gali No. 08 Sainik Vihar Colony Mohan Garden Police Station Ranhola Delhi.
- Polinus Father Afjor Age 35 Years Resident Nigeria Present Address – House No. 08 Gali No. 08 Sainik Vihar Colony Mohan Garden Police Station Ranhola Delhi.
- Augustine Father Ododeh Age 49 Years Resident Benin Hall Address – House No. 08 Gali No. 08 Sainik Vihar Colony Mohan Garden Police Station Ranhola Delhi.
