Crime Branch (CB) Kashmir registered a case registered against fraudsters who under the pretext of being the employees of an online shopping company for committing fraud.
According to a statement, the office initiated a preliminaryenquiry on the written complaint received from one person, which revealed thatthe complainant has received an SMS from mobile number 919523848205 informing himthat he has won a lucky prize of Rs12,80,000 and TATA Safari Vehicle from NAPTOL online shopping Pvt. Ltd.
The complainant was induced to deposit different amounts indifferent bank accounts under the garb of different charges. The complainant deposited Rs10,26,500- Rs1,48,800- Rs 2,75,88- Rs 1,44,200- Rs 3,33,500, Rs. 25,400- Rs. 2,67,600- Rs. 91,600- Rs. 49,400- Rs. 1,91000- making inall an amount of Rs 23,05588 in various Bank Accounts of Punjab National Bankprovided by the callers who projected themselves to be the employees of NAPTOLOn-Line Shopping limited and Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Later, it came to fore that the suspects are not employeesof NAPTOL On-line Shopping Pvt. Ltd. nor has the company issued any Lucky DrawCoupon. In this manner the suspects who projected themselves to be theemployees of NAPTOL On-Line Shopping Pvt. Ltd. and RBI, have deceitful andfraudulent and grabbed the hard earned money of the complainant amounting ofRs23,05588 on the pretext of winning aTATA Safari Vehicle and cash amount ofRs. 12,80000 through a Lucky Draw.
“The acts of omission and commission on the partof alleged accused (1) Suresh Prasad S/OAnil Prasad (2) Mrs. Sweta Suman D/OSatendar Singh (3) Kunal Sharma (4) Vikas Kumar (5) Rajvi Kumar (6) Ravi Kant Kumar (7) AkashGupta R/O Bihar, (8) Mrs. Rekha Devi W/O Lalit Singh, (9) Parveen Gupta R/s OPatna Bihar, and (10) Mrs. Phool Kumar Paswan R/O Mumbai (MH), prima-faciadisclose commission of offences punishable U/S 420, 120-B,/RPC, 66-D I.T. Act.Case has been registered and further investigation taken up.”