Odisha Cyber Cell arrest Nigerian for duping woman of Rs 29L
Odisha Cyber Cell arrest Nigerian for duping woman of Rs 29L
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Crime Branch sleuths have detained a Nigerian national from New Delhi for allegedly defrauding a woman from Cuttack of around Rs 28.67 lakh through cyber fraud.
The offender, named as Patrick Chizorom Orajaka (35), was apprehended by a CID CB team in the Dwarka region of New Delhi and taken on transit detention to Odisha.
According to a crime branch release, the case was opened after a woman from Cuttack filed a complaint.
The case involves a Rs.28.67 lakh fraud committed by an Instagram user who contacted the victim on the social media site while pretending to be a gynecologist from the Netherlands. The victim woman responded by following him on Instagram and chatting with him.
She then gave him her WhatsApp contact and they kept conversing. They became friends, and after 5 days, the accused informed her that he was going to India to meet her.
The next day, the complainant received a call from a Customs Officer at New Delhi Airport, who informed her that a relative who travelled to India to meet her was carrying 90,000 EURO, which was against the rule, and he had been detained.
The victim deposited money in separate accounts in stages to liberate her companion. When their demand rose day by day, the victim realized she had been duped and reported the matter to the CID CB Cyber Crime Police Station, where a FIR was filed on November 16.
The CID CB initiated an inquiry and discovered that the majority of the accounts belonged to people from north east India and were controlled from various locations in New Delhi.
Based on this information, a CID CB team commanded by Inspector Anila Anand traveled to Delhi and apprehended the accused in the Dwarka region.
The accused has utilized many people's bank accounts after luring them with the promise of cash. Several incriminating items were taken from him. According to the announcement, these include 16 debit cards, 12 mobile phones, 22 bank passbooks, 10 bank cheque books, 20 SIM cards, a laptop, a passport, Aadhar card, and PAN card issued in his name.
The investigation is still ongoing to determine who else was involved in the crime as well as other similar cyber frauds committed by the arrested accused and his accomplices, according to the statement.
