Digital arrest: Rs 7 crore duped, Vardhman Group owner targeted, uproar
New Delhi: A new case of cyber fraud has come to light, where Vardhman Group owner Shri Paul Oswal (SP Oswal) was duped of Rs 7 crore. During this, he was called by fake CBI, shown fake arrest warrant and also kept digitally arrested. After this, the police arrested both the accused within 48 hours.
Punjab Police on Sunday busted a gang, which duped businessman SP Oswal of Rs 7 crore. Ludhiana Police Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal said that two cyber criminals have been arrested and Rs 5.25 crore has been recovered from them.
Police said that seven other members of this gang have also been identified and efforts are being made to catch them. Police said that all these 9 members belong to Assam and West Bengal.
Cyber fraudsters have duped SP Oswal of Vardhman Group of Rs 7 crore. Cyber fraudsters have withdrawn this amount from different bank accounts, which belonged to the businessman. During this time, he did not even have a clue that these were cyber fraudsters.
The cyber fraud started with a call, in which a person introduced himself as a CBI officer. After this, he showed a fake arrest warrant to the businessman. After this, he was digitally arrested. This information was given by the police.
The cyber cell of the police has registered a complaint on the basis of SP Oswal’s complaint. Police said that they solved this case within 48 hours. The accused have been identified as Atanu Chaudhary and Anand Kumar Chaudhary, both of whom are residents of Guwahati.
This is the second incident of cyber fraud in a week. Earlier, a local business was duped by cyber fraudsters of Rs 1.01 crore. In this too, a fake arrest warrant was shown to the victim.
