• THE ACCUSED HIMSELF WAS A VICTIM OF CYBER FRAUD ONE YEAR AGO WHEN HE WAS CHEATED THROUGH SAME MODUS OPERANDI., • THE ACCUSED ARRANGED FAKE BANK ACCOUNTS AND PRE-ACTIVATED SIM CARDS THROUGH A TELEGRAM GROUP..• ONE MOBILE PHONE AND ONE DEBIT CARD USED IN THE COMMISSION OF THE OFFENCE RECOVERED FROM HIS POSSESSION.
(MOREPIC1)Face2News/New Delhi
A complaint from Ankit Tiwari r/o Jawahar Nagar, Kamala Nagar, Delhi was received in PS Cyber North through National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) wherein the complainant alleged that he saw a page im*****official on Instagram regarding online delivery of Apple iPhone 13 Pro at very low price. On this Instagram page, there was a WhatsApp link. He talked over WhatsApp call regarding the delivery of Apple iPhone 13 Pro, iPad and other Apple gadgets. After this, the accused person directed him to deposit 30 % of the payment in a bank account provided by the accused.
After some time, the accused further tricked him to deposit more money before the delivery of the products. Thus the complainant deposited Rs. 1,77,800/- in total and when he persisted for delivery, he was informed that some more payment would be required for the delivery. The complainant then got suspicious. After that, the accused blocked the complainant’s Mobile number. Thus, the accused person cheated him of Rs. 1,77,800/-. On the basis of the complaint, a case vide FIR No. 117/22 dated 14.10.2022, u/s 420 IPC was registered at PS Cyber North District and an investigation was carried out. (SUBHEAD)
A dedicated team of Police Station Cyber North, comprising SI Raju Singh, SI Prem Prakash, HC Sandeep and HC Sudhir, launched the investigation, under the close supervision of Inspr. Pawan Tomar, SHO/PS Cyber North and guidance of Shri Dharmender Kumar, ACP/Operations/North District.
The team, through money trail and technical analysis of call records, zeroed on the accused involved in the offence. Technical analysis suggested the location of generating calls from Bikaner, Rajasthan. Sustained efforts of the police team bore fruits on 14.11.2022 when the accused person namely Manish Tiwari r/o Subhash Pura, Bikaner, Rajasthan, aged-23 years was traced. During the investigation, one Mobile Phone used in the commission of the offence and one Debit Card were recovered from his possession.
Mr. Sagar Singh Kalsi, IPS, DCP, North Distt, said, the accused Manish Tiwari is a resident of Bikaner, Rajasthan. It was revealed that the accused person was cheated through a similar modus operandi last year. Therefore, he hatched a plan to dupe people adopting a similar modus operandi by faking online delivery of Apple mobile phones to earn quick money. Accused person would collect fake SIM cards from West Bengal through Telegram links and got delivered by courier to his address.
DETAIL OF ACCUSED: Manish Tiwari r/o Subhash Pura, Bikaner, Rajasthan, aged-23 years. (His previous antecedents are being verified).
