delhi police Two men have been arrested for allegedly duping a businessman of Rs 2 crore by promising him a Rajya Sabha seat, officials said on Saturday, PTI reported.
Police said the accused had prepared two forged documents from the President’s Office to gain the victim’s trust.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Rohit Meena said that a PCR call was received at Kishangarh police station on April 25 in which the caller said that he had caught a fraudster and had sought police help. On reaching the spot, the complainant Narender Singh (63) presented Naveen Kumar Singh to the police, saying that he was cheated by him, according to PTI.
Narender alleged that he met Naveen through one Nanak Das in August 2023. According to the complainant, Naveen had posed as a protocol officer in the president’s office and convinced Narender that he and Nanak could help him get a seat in Parliament. The Upper House through the presidential quota, DCP Meena said, according to PTI.
The accused duo demanded Rs 2 million from Narender, the officer added.
During interrogation, Naveen revealed that with the help of one Karan, a resident of East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar, he prepared two forged documents from the president’s office and sent them to Narender to gain his trust.
Narender received Rs 1.25 crore, while Nanak received Rs 75 lakh from Narender, police said. A search was launched to nab Nanak and he was finally arrested on Friday, another officer said.
The officer said Naveen was previously involved in three previous cheating cases and added that the police raided his offices in Delhi and Noida. Efforts are being made to nab his co-accused Karan, the police the officer added.
Cyber fraudster arrested for extorting over Rs 1 million
The cyber crime unit of Malappuram police in Kerala arrested a Karnataka native allegedly involved in online commerce and seized over 40,000 SIM cards and 180 mobile phones from his possession, police said on Saturday, PTI reported.
According to police, the accused, hailing from Koppa of Karnataka, allegedly extorted Rs 1.08 crore from a Vengara native of Malappuram through an online trading scam.
A case has been registered at Vengara police station under sections 420 IPC and 66 (D) of the IT Act for cheating and extorting money without paying dividends.
(with PTI inputs)