New Delhi (IANS) | Delhi Police has arrested a person who duped 50 to 60 women devotees in the name of providing Vaishno Devi tour package. The arrested person has been identified as Madhur Kumar. The accused used to target women devotees during Navratri and other festivals. Shahdara district DCP Rohit Meena said that the accused used to spread attractive messages on social media to dupe women devotees.
The officer said that he received a complaint in this regard from one Anamika Sharma. Sharma told the police that he received a message on a Facebook group about a tour package for ‘Mata Vaishno Devi’.
The official said that the tour offer was very attractive i.e. Rs 1300 per person including bus charges and food. Horse service was also said to be available after reaching Vaishno Devi. Sharma decided to take up the offer and made the online payment on the QR code provided by the accused in a message on the Facebook group.
The victim said that the point of travel was near Shahdara metro station from where they would board a luxury bus. On the appointed date, when the complainant along with 24 other women reached the designated place, she found that there was no bus and the organizer was also missing.
Soon saw that a group of other women were also standing there looking for the same bus. He called the number of the accused which was switched off.
The officer said that there they all came to know that all of them deposited the amount on the same mobile number/QR code scanner of the fraudster and cheated/cheated on the pretext of Vaishno Devi Yatra and Darshan. Till now, the accused has cheated a total of 50 to 60 women devotees by using this method.
The police gathered all the necessary information regarding the incident from the victims of the fraud. All bank details and numbers of the fraudsters were analysed. After analysis and through technical evidence, the police succeeded in identifying the fraudster as Madhur Kumar, a resident of Panipat, Haryana. The team raided his hideout and arrested him from Panipat.
Madhur told the police that he wanted to earn money and duped women devotees on the pretext of sending them on Vaishno Devi Yatra. He further disclosed that he shared the QR code scanner to the victims, this QR code belonged to his brother-in-law Tanu who lives in Kurukshetra. The defrauded amount was transferred to various accounts through UPI. Madhur would later receive his share in cash from him.
It was also revealed from the mobile phone of the accused that he was preparing for the next Vaishno Devi Yatra in the month of April in the same manner.
–IANS
