2 held for cheating people through Telegram app in Gurgaon

Police said that the accused persuaded the victim into investing money in tasks involving liking videos on YouTube using the Telegram app. Initially, they transferred some money to the victim’s account as profits/commissions. Later, they lured the victim into investing Rs 42 lakh, ultimately defrauding the victim.

During police interrogation, it was also discovered that the accused had transferred the amount from the victim’s bank account, which was operated by accused Sachin Nama. To facilitate the transfer of funds, Sachin had been given Rs 25,000 as a commission.

Police Wednesday arrested the two accused involved in the fraud from Palam Vihar in the city. The accused have been identified as Navdeep Kumawat (22) from Pisangan village, Ajmer district (Rajasthan), and Sachin Nama ( 23) from Akola village, Udaipur district (Rajasthan).

The Cyber Crime police station West had registered a case under Section 66D of the IT Act (cheating by any communication device or computer resource) and Section 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 120B (Punishment of criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code. An officer said, “The investigation is underway. All the allegations will be probed.”

Gurgaon has been seeing a spurt in cybercrime cases and the police are conducting awareness programmes from time to time to tackle the issue. In the recent report released by IIT Kanpur titled, ‘A Deep Dive into Cybercrime Trends Impacting India’, Gurgaon came sixth in the top ten cybercrime epicentres in India.