28-yr-old Surat man held from igi airport in Rs.2.9-cr fraud
Gurugram, Dec. 12 -- A 28-year-old man was arrested from the Delhi airport soon after arriving from Cambodia for allegedly duping an 82-year-old Gurugram woman of Rs.2.92 crore in a case of "digital arrest", police said on Thursday.
The suspect, Chirag Kanji Bhai, hailed from Surat and had been working as a telecaller for an alleged Chinese cybercrime gang that operated from Cambodia. A lookout notice had been issued against him in August; hence, his arrival from Cambodia was immediately reported to the Gurugram police and he was arrested on December 7, said officials.
Police officials said that Chirag went to Dubai on a work visa in 2021, from where he shifted to Cambodia.
Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said it was Chirag who called up the elderly woman in December 2024, and impersonated a telecom department official.
"Chirag convinced the woman that her son's Aadhaar and phone numbers were being used for carrying out hawala transactions, and coerced her into transferring Rs.2.9 crore into various accounts," Turan said.
Police said Chirag was on a police remand for questioning till Tuesday, and later forwarded to judicial custody after production before a city court....
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