Navi Mumbai: Three fraudsters held for cheating man of Rs 2.24 cr

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The police have arrested three men who allegedly cheated a Navi Mumbai man of Rs 2.24 crore on the pretext of getting him money on his insurance policy.

According to the police, last week they arrested two accused from Delhi and one from Haryana for the cyber fraud that took place between August 2020 and July this year.

"The alleged accused posed as an employee of the Integrated Grievance Management System (IGMS) and offered to get the victim good money on his insurance policy after getting it closed. The accused made the man pay Rs 2.24 crore into different bank accounts during this period using some excuse or the other," senior inspector Gajanan Kadam of the cyber police station said.

When the Navi Mumbai-based man did not receive any money, he filed a police complaint.

A case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology (IT) Act was registered by the police.

"During the probe, the police found that of the total amount, Rs 1.8 crore had gone into the bank account of one Prashant Chamoli, a resident of Gurugram, Haryana. A police team rushed to Haryana and nabbed him. Five mobile phones, five SIM cards, and a passport were seized from Chamoli, the police said.

Following interrogation, the police arrested Parvez Mohammad (41), a cloth seller, and Ranjit Vyas Tiwari (32), a money transfer agent, both from Delhi.

Meanwhile, on Monday, the Maharashtra excise department seized Indian-made foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 59.48 lakh being transported to Mumbai in a truck.

According to the police, they arrested three men from Madhya Pradesh.

"Based on a tip-off, a flying squad of the excise department's Konkan division laid a trap and intercepted a truck near Turbhe railway station in Navi Mumbai," inspector Dighambar Shewale said.

(with inputs from PTI)