Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 21: Crime Branch Kashmir has registered a case against 10 non-locals, including three women, for duping a person of Rs 23 lakh on the pretext of fake lucky draw.
As per official spokesman, Crime Branch Kashmir received a written complaint from one person, alleging that he received an SMS from Cell No. 919523848205 informing him that he had won a lucky prize of Rs 12,80,000, and TATA Safari vehicle vide coupon code No 101 from NAPTOL on line shopping Private Limited.
He said he was induced to deposit different amounts in different bank accounts under the garb of different charges/duties.
“The complainant deposited Rs 10,26,500, Rs 1,48,800, 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 and Rs 1,91000 making in all an amount of Rs 23,05588 in various Bank Accounts of Punjab National Bank provided by the callers who projected themselves to be the employees of NAPTOL On-Line Shopping Ltd. and Reserve Bank of India (RBI)”, he said.
He said it also came to fore that the suspects were neither employees of NAPTOL On-line Shopping Private Limited nor has the said company issued any Lucky Draw Coupon.
“In this manner the suspects who projected themselves to be the employees of NAPTOL On-Line Shopping Private Limited and RBI, have in a deceitful and fraudulent manner and grabbed the hard earned money of the complainant amounting of Rs 23,05588 on the pretext of winning a TATA Safari vehicle and cash amount of Rs 12,80000, through a Lucky Draw”, he said.
The aforesaid acts of omission and commission on the part of alleged accused, Suresh Prasad, S/o Anil Prasad, Sweta Suman, D/o Satendar Singh, Kunal Sharma, Vikas Kumar, Rajvi Kumar, Ravi Kant Kumar and Akash Gupta, R/o Bihar, Rekha Devi, W/o Lalit Singh, Parveen Gupta R/o Patna Bihar and Phool Kumar Paswan R/o Mumbai (MH), prima-facie disclose commission of offences punishable U/S 420, 120-B,/RPC, 66-D IT Act.
Case has been registered and further investigation taken up, he added.
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