Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The crime branch arrested two persons from Rajasthan in connection with the digital arrest of a software engineer who was duped of Rs 1.35 lakh by conmen, police said on Thursday.
The accused were in contact with a Chinese person through a Chinese group on Telegram and worked for him to get commission for transferring the money earned through fraud.
According to the police, a software engineer with TCS was duped of Rs 1.35 lakh by conmen pretending to be from DHL Courier Services and Delhi Cyber Police, claiming that his parcel from Delhi to Thailand containing narcotics had been stopped at the airport. The fraudsters threatened that multiple bank accounts linked to his Aadhaar card were involved in money laundering and other illegal activities.
After investigation and gathering technical evidence, the police came to know that the accounts in which the money was transferred belonged to Vikram Bishnoi of Jodhpur and Himmat Singh of Didwana in Rajasthan. During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to being in contact with a Chinese person TLX through Chinese group XXXX–TLXIMPS on Telegram and had lent their accounts to the Chinese for 10% commission.
