Pune-based techie held for duping city resident

Thiruvananthapuram: The city cyber police officials have arrested an IT professional hailing from Pune on charges of fraud through a popular online classifieds platform. The police identified the accused as Shailesh Sivaram Shinde, 40.
The cyber police said Shinde was held for allegedly duping over Rs 10 lakh from a city resident by placing advertisements for sale of premium electronic gadgets at attractive prices. After coming across his advertisements, the complainant, who resides at Valiyathura, placed a large order for gadgets. He deposited over Rs 10 lakhs to various bank accounts of the accused via online transaction. But, after that the accused soon cut off all communications with the complainant, following which the latter approached the cyber police .
The team that caught the accused include inspector P B Vinod Kumar, sub-inspector Bijulal and civil police officers Vijesh and Adarsh.