Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Two persons from Sehore district were arrested by the state cyber cell for duping a person of Rs 52.15 lakh on the pretext of investment in the share market. One of their accomplices is being searched by the officials.
On the instruction of SP (cyber) Sabyasachi Saraf, a team led by DSP Narendra Singh Raghuwanshi and Inspector Sarita Singh was formed to arrest the accused, who had duped Shivdatt Tiwari, a resident of Mahalaxmi Nagar area of the city.
Tiwari stated in his complaint that he was added to a social media group by an unidentified person on the pretext of investment in the share market. The person, who claimed to be an officer of JAINAM Broking Limited Company, had given a certificate to the complainant through which the complainant was assured that the said company was registered with SEBI.
The accused somehow lured the complainant and received Rs 52.15 lakh from him on the pretext of investment. The money was received in different bank accounts.
The team was continuously obtaining information about suspicious account holders and suspicious mobile numbers. During investigation, it was found that among the bank accounts in which the complainant had transferred money, one account was found to be in the name of Shri Parmar Motors and Workshop of Sehore district.
The team left for Sehore district and the account holder Devendra Kumar Parmar was taken into custody. The officials said that he had given his account, ATM card, mail ID and SIM card of the mobile number registered in the account to his close associates Rahul Mewada and Jitendra Parmar, residents of Ashta due to greed for money and that he would get 1 per cent of the transaction done in the bank account opened using his documents.
Some forged documents were also seized from the accused. Following the lead given by Devendra, Jitendra Parmar was also arrested.
