Tribune News Service

Solan, November 26

A Nalagarh court today remanded three youths in two days police custody in a cyber crime case.

Baddi SP Rohit Malpani said that a police team led by DSP Sahil Arora arrested the trio from West End Mall at Janakpuri in Delhi yesterday. They have been booked under Section 420 of the IPC and Section 66 D of the IT Act.

Complaint lodged by Barotiwala resident

The case involved an online fraud of Rs2.32 lakh from the bank account of a Barotiwala resident
The gang committed such frauds and other crimes in Delhi, Rajasthan and Baddi industrial area

The case involved an online fraud of Rs 2.32 lakh from the bank account of a Barotiwala resident. The complainant had approached the police well in time and the bank on a request of the cyber cell was able to save another fraudulent transaction of Rs one lakh. The gang is involved in such frauds in several states such as Delhi, Rajasthan as well as in other crimes in the Baddi industrial area.

The gang operated in an organised manner, as one of them provided fake sim cards while another used to run a fake tourist agent shop in the Delhi-based mall and the third was the manager of a call centre operating from Perfect Choice Tourism Shop in the mall.

Meanwhile, in another such case, a woman residing at Jharmajri today lodged a police complaint that Rs 2.16 lakh had been fraudulently taken from her bank account. A case for cheating under Section 420 of the IPC has been registered and a probe is underway.