Uttarakhand Police have arrested a suspended constable of Delhi police from Noida near Delhi for allegedly duping a woman here of over Rs 1.25 crore after befriending her on Facebook.
The woman, Beena Borthakur, had lodged a complaint with the police here in July last year saying that the accused had befriended her on social networking site Facebook introducing himself as a London-based businessman.
"Niraj Kumar convinced the woman that he intended to invest in real estate and open an old age home in Dehradun and persuaded her to deposit Rs 1.26 crore into banks accounts opened by him in different places under fake identities," according to a release issued by the police.
Using ATM cards and internet banking services the accused withdrew all the money deposited into his accounts by the woman.
Kumar was also arrested earlier by Goa Police in connection with a cyber fraud case worth Rs 17 lakh and is currently under suspension.
On the basis of the woman's complaint, the man was booked under different Sections of IPC and 66 DIT Act.
However, considering the complexity of the cyber crime, the case was handed over to Special Task Force (STF) which first arrested a Nigerian national in connection with the case.
On the basis of information provided by the Nigerian, Niraj was arrested from Noida in Uttar Pradesh a couple of days back.
A resident of Aryanagar, Delhi, Niraj belongs to an organised cyber crime gang run by Nigerians, the police said.
Niraj told his interrogators that he was arrested by Goa police in October last year for a cyber fraud worth Rs 17 lakh.
He has also disclosed the names of his accomplices in the crime for whom a hunt has been launched by Uttarakhand police STF.
The cyber crime gang is run by Nigerians with the help of Indians.
