Mumbai cyber cops arrest 6 who posed as representatives of insurance firms to dupe people
Mumbai Nov 23 PTI Cyber police of the Mumbai crime branch busted a gang of six persons who had allegedly cheated several people of lakhs by posing as representatives of insurance companies and employees of the insurance sector regulator over the phone an official said on Tuesday They used to lure people by promising them higher returns on sum insured and loans without interest he said While four accused were nabbed from Uttar Pradesh two others were picked up from Haryana and New Delhi the official said On March 3 the cyber police station had received a complaint from a man who was cheated of Rs 1927 lakh by some persons claiming that they were working for an insurance company and insurance regulatory authority he said adding that an FIR was registered against unidentified persons under various sections of the India Penal Code IPC and the Information Technology Act During the investigation police traced the contact number from which the complainant had received calls made by the representative of an insurance company That number was found to be issued in the name of a person name withheld IRDA of India Hyderabad he said Police then tracked down and arrested a man who had procured a SIM card for fraudulent activities He revealed that two of his aides used to obtain SIM cards by using documents of other customers Subsequently other members of the gang were arrested he added PTI DC NSK NSK
Mumbai Nov 23 PTI Cyber police of the Mumbai crime branch busted a gang of six persons who had allegedly cheated several people of lakhs by posing as representatives of insurance companies and employees of the insurance sector regulator over the phone an official said on Tuesday They used to lure people by promising them higher returns on sum insured and loans without interest he said While four accused were nabbed from Uttar Pradesh two others were picked up from Haryana and New Delhi the official said On March 3 the cyber police station had received a complaint from a man who was cheated of Rs 1927 lakh by some persons claiming that they were working for an insurance company and insurance regulatory authority he said adding that an FIR was registered against unidentified persons under various sections of the India Penal Code IPC and the Information Technology Act During the investigation police traced the contact number from which the complainant had received calls made by the representative of an insurance company That number was found to be issued in the name of a person name withheld IRDA of India Hyderabad he said Police then tracked down and arrested a man who had procured a SIM card for fraudulent activities He revealed that two of his aides used to obtain SIM cards by using documents of other customers Subsequently other members of the gang were arrested he added PTI DC NSK NSK
