2 Men Arrested in ₹1.1 Cr Cyber Fraud
Cyber Fraud Worth ₹1.1 Cr: Duo Taken Into Custody
Kolkata, West Bengal: Two guys have been taken into custody by the Bidhannagar Police in connection with two instances of digital fraud that resulted in a combined loss of ₹1.1 crore.
In the first instance, Nirmal Vijay was taken into custody in Nagerbazar for allegedly scamming Shambhu Nath Choudhury, an elderly resident of Salt Lake, of ₹1 crore by impersonating police personnel and scaring him over the phone.
Vijay was found to have documents connected to the crime.
Another incident was an OTP scam that cost Jharna Basak, who lived in the Bidhannagar East PS area, ₹9 lakh.
Vikas Kumar Nishad, the accused, was taken into custody in Jharkhand for his suspected involvement. On transit remand, he was taken to Kolkata.
Additionally, an investment scam that used a phony trading app to cheat several victims out of ₹4.4 lakh was the subject of a formal complaint filed at the Bidhannagar cyber cell on Friday.
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