Srinagar, June 21: Crime Branch (CB) Kashmir registered a case against fraudsters who under the pretext of being the employees of an online shopping company for committing fraud.
According to an official statement, the CB initiated a preliminary enquiry on the written complaint received from one person, which revealed that the complainant has received an SMS from mobile number 919523848205 informing him that he has won a lucky prize of Rs12, 80,000 and TATA Safari Vehicle from NAPTOL online shopping Pvt. Ltd.
The complainant was induced to deposit different amounts in different bank accounts under the garb of different charges. The complainant deposited Rs10,26,500- Rs 1,48,800- Rs 2,75,88- Rs 1,44,200- Rs 3,33,500, Rs. 25,400- Rs. 2,67,600- Rs. 91,600- Rs. 49,400- Rs. 1,91000- making in all an amount of Rs 23,05588 in various Bank Accounts of Punjab National Bank provided by the callers who projected themselves to be the employees of NAPTOL On-Line Shopping limited and Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Later, it came to fore that the suspects are not employees of NAPTOL On-line Shopping Pvt. Ltd. nor has the company issued any Lucky Draw Coupon. In this manner the suspects who projected themselves to be the employees of NAPTOL On-Line Shopping Pvt. Ltd. and RBI, have deceitful and fraudulent and grabbed the hard earned money of the complainant amounting of Rs23,05588 on the pretext of winning a TATA Safari Vehicle and cash amount of Rs. 12,80000 through a Lucky Draw.
The aforesaid acts of omission and commission on the part of alleged accused (1) Suresh Prasad S/O Anil Prasad (2) Mrs. Sweta Suman D/O Satendar Singh (3) Kunal Sharma (4) Vikas Kumar (5) Rajvi Kumar (6) Ravi Kant Kumar (7) Akash Gupta R/O Bihar, (8) Mrs. Rekha Devi W/O Lalit Singh, (9) Parveen Gupta R/s O Patna Bihar, and (10) Mrs. Phool Kumar Paswan R/O Mumbai (MH), prima-facia disclose commission of offences punishable U/S 420, 120-B,/RPC, 66-D I.T. Act. Case has been registered and further investigation taken up. (GNS)
