Rs 11 crore cyber fraud: Father, son nabbed from Delhi

AHMEDABAD: The cyber cell of the city police on Thursday arrested a father-son duo from Bhajanpura in New Delhi for the Rs 11 crore cyber fraud, the biggest against a single individual according to the police. A textile businessman Pratap Avtani, a resident of Asavari Tower in Satellite, had lodged a complaint in this connection. The police nabbed Brijesh Giri, 50, and his son Saurabh Giri, 25, who used to work in a private bank as a telecaller.He had got the personal data of the victim while working in the bank, the police said. The complaint was lodged by Avtani on January 24.
From March 2016 to December 2019, Avtani was cheated of Rs 11,06,71,824 as he was asked to buy lucrative ‘insurance policies’ of a private bank, and later to pay money for documentations as his investments had ‘grown to Rs 38 crore’.
Deputy commissioner of police, Rajdeepsinh Jhala, said the money was transferred to 52 banks in 167 transactions over three years in different accounts. “There are 96 more accused in the case along with 196 account holders in whose accounts the money was transferred. We are hunting for them. We suspect that the father-son duo have cheated more people in the city,” said Jhala. “We have written to banks to freeze the accounts in which the money was transferred,” said Jhala.
According to the cyber cell officials, the thugs lured him into buying different life insurance policies, and other investment schemes promising high returns. “During the investigation, we traced the phone numbers from which the duo used to call Avtani. The calls were traced to Bhajanpura in New Delhi. We sent a team to Delhi and with the help of Delhi police nabbed them,” said inspector V B Barad.
Cyber cell sources said the accused deposited the money duped from Avtani in the bank accounts of their relatives.