Cheating to get Domino’s franchise, 2 interstate accused arrested
Raipur. Two inter-state accused from Bihar, who cheated lakhs of rupees in the name of getting Domino’s franchise, have been arrested. Sudipta Dhara had filed a report in Tikrapara police station that on 9.10.2023, the holder of mobile number 8981136219 called her on her mobile number and named herself as Abhishek Mandal and was told to speak from Noida and he told the applicant that he had bought Domino’s franchise. When the applicant said that yes, I had applied, then the holder of the said mobile number took the applicant into his words by promising to get Domino’s franchise and demanded money on different pretexts from the bank account given by him. By depositing a total of Rs. 25,77,500 in different installments in the accounts, the applicant was cheated by not getting the franchise of Domenos, that on the report of the applicant, crime number 693/23 section 420 IPC was registered against the accused in Tikrapara police station. The crime of was registered.
On which, under the direction of senior officers, a joint team of Anti-Crime and Cyber Unit, Range Cyber Police Station Raipur and Tikrapara Police Station started interrogating the applicant in detail regarding the incident and started locating the unknown accused. Along with technical analysis of the mobile numbers from which calls were received on the applicant’s mobile phone, the team members also collected information about the bank accounts to which the applicant had transferred money and tried to locate the accused. Efforts were being made. Meanwhile, through technical analysis, the team involved in arresting the unknown accused was successful in locating the accused in Nalanda district of Bihar. On which a 06-member team of Anti-Crime and Cyber Unit, Range Cyber Police Station and Tikrapara Police Station was sent to Bihar under the leadership of Sub-Inspector Mukesh Sori. The team members reached Nalanda district of Bihar and kept camping continuously to trace the accused. Meanwhile, the team camping in Nalanda received information about the presence of the accused in the house located in Bihar Sharif.
On which the team members reached the said place and conducted a raid in the house and arrested Sikandar Kumar and Suraj Kumar. On strict interrogation based on the evidence obtained, both the accused were said to have committed the above mentioned incident of fraud along with their other associates. Sikandar Kumar is 12th passed and has done a course in web designing. As per the plan in the gang, he creates a fake website/web page of a big national/international company and reaches out to his victims online using Google’s advertising platform. In this case, when the applicant, after falling prey to the fake website of Domino’s, contacted the accused for getting the franchise, the accused provided him with the bank account numbers used in the fraud, on which a total of Rs 25,77,500 was deposited by the applicant. . Accused Sikandar Kumar told during interrogation and in the investigation it is clear that there are many such fake websites in Google online platform, which appear like real websites, but they are not verified and the complete details of the customer are displayed as soon as they are logged in. The accused get caught, and the gang members make anyone a victim of this type of big fraud. Therefore, there is a need to be extremely cautious while getting the franchise/loan/customer care number of any company in the online platform and only the verified website of any company should be used as per requirement.
The accused Sikandar Kumar and Suraj Kumar, involved in the case, were arrested and 08 mobile phones, 09 ATMs related to the case were seized from their possession. Along with seizing cards, finger print scanners, Aadhaar cards, voter ID cards and passports, Rs 6,00,000 seized in the bank accounts of the accused have been put on hold. Both the accused were arrested and action was taken against them.
Other accused in the case are absconding, every possible effort is being made to trace and arrest them.
arrested accused
- Sikandar Kumar, father Kiran Kumar, age 28 years, resident of Charukhiya police station, Khudaganj district, Nalanda Bihar.
- Suraj Kumar father Ramparvesh age 23 years resident of Bharav Par Durga place police station Laheri district Nalanda Bihar.
