Dehradun, June 10 -- The special task force (STF) of Uttarakhand police has arrested a 33-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly committing a cyber fraud with a manager of a hotel firm to the tune of Rs. 3.2 crore by posing as managing director of the same company, an officer said on Monday. "The accused, identified as Suraj Maula, is a resident of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal. The police also recovered two mobile phones with 3 SIMs, one driving license, one Aadhaar card, one photo of the Aadhaar card, three debit cards, and two SIM cards," SSP STF Navneet Singh said. Giving details about the case, he said that the a first information report (FIR) was registered against an unidentified person in May for allegedly defrauding a hotel development company to the tune of Rs.3.2 crore. The accused, posing as managing director of the company, called the general manager on May 4 to transfer the money from the company's account to sign a deal with a client. The money was transferred in two instalments - Rs.1.95 crore, and Rs.1.25 crore - on the same day before he could realise the trap. The FIR was registered under sections 66-D (cheating by personation by using computer resource) of the Information Technology Act and 318 (4) (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the BNS at Cyber Police Station on May 6 against an unidentified person, Singh said. He quoted the complainant, Tejpal Singh Rawat, resident of Tehri Garhwal, as informing the police that he works as general manager (Finance & Accounts) of Darrameks Hotels & Developers Pvt Ltd and on May 4, he received a message on his WhatsApp and the sender identified himself as Arjun Mehra, managing director of his company. "The next day...he asked me how much funds are available in the company's account....he texted me that we are having a project and for that we need to pay an advance payment of Rs.1.95 crore, need to immediately transfer.....he then texted that he will send me the client account details shortly, so that I can process the payment immediately......he sent the bank details...and asked me how much I will take to make the payment. I made the payment and sent the screenshot to him at around 12 pm. He confirmed that the client has received the amount," the complainant said. He further said, "He again texted that he was still in talks with the client now and needed me to make another payment for the contract security deposit. He asked me to make another payment of Rs.2 crore in the same account of the client. I replied that transferring Rs.2 crore immediately would be problematic and asked if they could take a cheque. I informed him that I can transfer a maximum amount of Rs.1.25 crore. I made the payment and sent him the screenshot at 2.57 pm." "I later came to know that the man with whom I was having a conversation is a fraud." SSP STF Navneet Singh said, "The cyber cell obtained critical data by corresponding with concerned banks, service provider companies, and Meta Platforms Inc. to gather information related to bank accounts, registered mobile numbers, and WhatsApp communication used in the fraud."...