Vadodara: A police constable working with cybercrime cell has been suspended for running a private detective agency. City police commissioner Shamsher Singh has also ordered an inquiry against Nihir Joshi who was posted in the cell some time ago.
Police department learnt about Joshi’s business after they got a complaint from a citizen whom he had offered to help him in a cyber fraud case. “The complainant was asked to deposit some money in the bank account that turned out to be of Joshi,” said Shamsher Singh, police commissioner.
Joshi and his friend were running a detective agency and its website offered to help people who were defrauded online. The constable used to promise victims that he would get them their money back. Joshi used to charge some fees for it. “It’s obviously a conflict of interest. As a cop, he can’t indulge in such activities,” Singh told TOI.
He added that after the inquiry is over, decision will be taken on the action to be taken against Joshi. The police said that as of now only Joshi has been found involved in the agency. The cybercrime cell gets hundreds of applications regarding online financial frauds every year. But all the cyber fraud complaints below Rs one lakh are now investigated by the local police stations.