Three youngsters from New Delhi and Noida were arrested by the Hyderabad Cyber Crime police for cheating several gullible people on the pretext of providing loans.
The accused Suraj Varma (29) from Noida, Jitendar Singh (27) of Delhi and Sonu Sharma (28) from Noida were brought to Hyderabad on transit warrant after they were arrested in Noida.
On August 1, a man from Khairatabad approached the Cyber Crime police stating that he was in search of some cash loan and in the meantime he got a phone call from an unknown number, who offered ₹10 lakh interest-free loan.
“Further, the caller asked the victim to transfer ₹ 78,000 to a bank account as EMIs fees, deducted charges, GST fee, refunding fee etc. After transferring the money, the complaint found the accused’s mobile number was not reachable and approached the police,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Detective Department) Avinash Mohanty. Based on his complaint, the police registered a case and nabbed the accused in Noida.
He said that the accused were cheating the loan seekers by contacting them over mobile phones and emails. “They get the information about loan seekers through insurance agencies and call them. Further, they offer interest-free loans and collect some money and cheat the gullible people,” he said.