Two persons have been arrested in Surat for cheating a businessman of Rs 1.71 crore by keeping him under ‘digital arrest’ for 15 days.
According to officials, the complainant, Harish Chandra Wankawala, a resident of Vesu area in Surat, deals in electronics. Wankwala lodged a complaint against unknown persons with the cyber crime wing of the Surat city police on Sunday. In his complaint, Vankawala alleged that “he was digitally captured by a conman, who told him that his bank account was being used by Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and that there were 17 complaints against Goyal and he was under investigation.”
The caller also told him that “he (Wankwala) is also one of the accused in a complaint and to avoid any legal process or arrest and confiscation of his property, he has to deposit certain amount in various bank accounts.” The police said quoting the complainant.
According to Cyber Cell officials, “Bhankwala transferred Rs 1.71 crore from his bank account to the accused’s bank account through RTGS between September 24 and October 7.” Wankawala also alleged in his complaint that the accused “threatened him by calling him CBI, TRAI, Andheri West police station officials,” police said.
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