| Posted on: 2012-01-01/23:48:43 | India - Fraud & Cyber Crime News | Telecom Service Complaints/ |
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A former executive of a private sector bank has been arrested along with his associate for allegedly duping at least 25 people of Rs 55 lakh on the pretext of helping them set up mobile towers of a leading company. The victims were promised a high monthly rent, police said. The accused have been identified as Sujit Giri (31) and Krishan Kumar (34). The police have recovered laptops, LCD TVs, debit cards, election identity cards along with the fake visiting cards of the mobile company. Many of the victims are residents of south Delhi. Ratnesh Kumar, a Service Selection Board employee, filed a complaint in early November saying two persons had met him posing as assistant managers (tower & field) of a leading mobile company and wanted to inspect his property. Call analysis revealed that the accused were staying somewhere in Kalkaji and Palam. Then accused Sujit Giri was arrested from Palam and Krishan Kumar from Kalkaji," said Chhaya Sharma, DCP (south). Cops said the accused told the victim, a resident of south Delhi, that their company was expanding its network in Bihar and Himachal Pradesh by installing mobile phone towers and they are looking for prospective clients having their own land. If the land is found fit, they would enter into an agreement and initiate construction of the towers. The company, the accused reportedly said, would give the clients Rs 5 lakh in advance and Rs 20,000 as monthly rent. They took the complainant's Bihar address and left. The complainant took 15 days' leave and went to his village. On November 9, the duo collected two cheques of Rs 1,000 each as processing fee. Later, they collected copies of the agreement, election card, photographs and Rs 50,000 as commission. But the work never started and when the victim tried to contact them, he found their phone switched off. |
| Source: E T | Location : Delhi |
