Delhi man arrested for duping people on pretext of lucky draws

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 06 2019 | 7:05 PM IST

A 27-year-old man has been arrested from Kalkaji here for allegedly duping over 1,000 people across the country on the pretext of giving them lucky draw prizes, police said Saturday.

The accused was identified as Deepak Negi, a resident of Sangam Vihar. He was arrested on Monday from Kalkaji, they said.

Negi duped over 1,000 people from across India and received more than Rs 1.5 crore in the last one year.

According to police, one woman teacher from Odisha filed a complaint in May against an e-commerce company "Key4kart.com".

The complainant stated that in April 2018, she received a call from the company which lured her to shop on the website to win a bike in lucky draw, they said

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First Published: Jul 06 2019 | 7:05 PM IST

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