Date : 09-06-2015
Bengaluru: Common people becoming prey to interstate online fraudsters is common. But, a person heading the entire police force of the state became prey in the hands of fraudulent is not a common thing.
Cyber Crime Police of CID have now cracked the case where the Director General and Inspector General of police Om Prakash lost his Rs 10,000 to the conman.
The Cyber police have arrested two persons from Delhi. On May 20, they arrested one Deep Kumar, resident of A1 Block, Uttam Nagar, Delhi and was remanded to judicial custody. Based on his information, the police have arrested another accused Ashraf Ali, (26), a reseident of Anand Vihar, Old Uttamnagar West, New Delhi on June 6.
The police have taken up this case on April 21 as per the complaint filed by DGP Om Pakash. DGP alleged that some unknown persons called him as an ICICI Bank official and obtained the details of ICICI Bank Credit card belonged to him. Later the accused fraudulently transferred an amount of Rs 10000.
The CID cyber crime police took up this case and registered an FIR unde 66, 66 ©, 66(D) of IT Act 2000 and IPC 419 and 420. Now both the accused are remanded to judicial custody. The acused are interstate online fraudsters and cases are registered in Gujarat and Chennai against them, police added.
Though the cyber police repeatedly have requested people through various modes of communication regarding cyber fraudsters like the Nigerian lottery fraudsters etc and have asked people not to give any passwords or PIN numbers this astonishing incident has happened, and that too to the top cop of the state.
