Navi Mumbai: 44-year-old woman loses over Rs 36 lakh in cryptocurrency scam

The police on Thursday said a 44yearold Navi Mumbai woman has fallen victim to a cryptocurrency scam and lost more than Rs 36 lakh reported news agency PTIThe Navi Mumbai woman a stock trader lodged a complaint against two persons in connection with the cryptocurrency scam following which a case was registered against them under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and the Information Technology Act on July 3 at the Kharghar police station they said reported PTIIn April this year the accused approached the victim and lured her into cryptocurrency trading Over the time the duo persuaded her into investing a total of Rs 3680151 When the victim sought returns on her investment she did not get any response from them reported PTIShe finally approached the police on realising that she has been duped they saidMeanwhile an investigation officer will be assigned only one major case in a month for quality probe Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Milind Bharambe has said asserting his force is geared up for an effective implementation of the new criminal laws reported PTIThe Navi Mumbai Police have been imparted training to maintain quality of investigation in cases which are expected to increase with the facility to file an ecomplaint under the new criminal laws Bharambe told reporters in Maharashtras Navi Mumbai township on MondayThe number of investigation officers at each police station in Navi Mumbai has been increased to 5060 per cent as training has been given to the personnel at each police station level and to maintain the quality of probe an IO will be given only one major case in a month he said reported PTIThree new criminal laws came into effect on Monday bringing farreaching changes in Indias criminal justice systemThe Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita BNSS and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam BSA replaced the colonialera Indian Penal Code Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act respectivelyIn the view of the new criminal laws coming into effect the Navi Mumbai Police have given training to their personnel to maintain quality and professionalism of probe into various cases the official said reported PTIWith the new criminal laws there is a facility to file ecomplaint due to which cases will increase Hence there is a possibility that the investigation officers would face pressure in cases which leads to burking ignoring or pendency of cases and the officer may not do proper justice with a case he said reported PTIFor any quality probe the IOs require time the official pointed outConsidering the situation the Navi Mumbai Police have implemented a system of distributing the workload equally to the IOs he said reported PTIBharambe also said there is emphasis on scientific evidence collection and professional investigation of a caseThe Navi Mumbai Police were following scientific evidence collection system much before passing of the new laws he saidWith inputs from PTI