Nigerian, 2 others arrested in e-cheating case
September 18th, 2010 - 1:41 am ICT by IANSChandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) The detective branch of the Haryana Police has busted an e-cheating case, and arrested three accused, including one foreigner, from Dhuala Kuan in Delhi, a police spokesman said Friday.
Those arrested on the charge of cheating through e-mail included Frank Nawabu of Nigeria who was residing in Mumbai, Anil Kumar of Kolkata, and Sujit Kumar of Bihar.
The spokesman said that the accused informed S.K. Kohli, the complainant, through e-mail that he had won a lottery of Rs.25 million (2.5 crore) in England and asked him to deposit a particular amount in some accounts to faciltate transfer of the lottery money.
Kohli deposited Rs.290,000 in the accounts mentioned in the mail on different dates.
But when the accused demanded more money from Kohli, he got suspicious and informed the police.
Acting on his complaint, the police registered a case against the unidentified persons under Section 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 of IT Act at the Baldev Nagar police station in Ambala city, 45 km from here.
The court has sent all the three accused on an eight-day police remand.
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