The Adugodi police in Bengaluru have arrested seven individuals for allegedly impersonating and defrauding a 27-year-old salesman of Rs 1.50 lakh. The arrested suspects include Azharuddin (32), Syed Kashif (31), Syed Danish (20), Shashikumar (25), Mohammed Mudassir (26), Shafi (28), and Imtiyaz Pasha (33). Most of them are from Mysuru, except for Danish, who hails from Chikkaballapur.
According to the police, on January 7, the fraudsters sent a friend request to the victim, posing as his old friend on social media. They claimed to be in Dubai and said they would soon return to India, intending to transfer Rs 7.85 lakh to avoid tax payments. They sent a fake bank receipt stating the transaction would complete in 24 hours.
The following day, the fraudsters contacted the victim, claiming to be stuck at a Saudi Arabian police station and needing Rs 1.95 lakh for assistance. Believing the fabricated story, the victim transferred Rs 1.50 lakh. However, upon checking, he discovered the earlier bank receipt was counterfeit.
The police registered the case and traced the accounts involved in the transaction. In their investigation, they seized nine mobile phones, 11 bank passbooks, six cheque books, 31 ATM cards, and nine Aadhaar cards from the suspects. The authorities also found the group’s involvement in 28 similar cases across Karnataka.
The investigation is ongoing, and the suspects have been arrested.
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