Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has arrested four cyber fraudsters from Gujarat for allegedly duping a person from Bhubaneswar of Rs 60 lakh through online trading scam.
The accused persons have been identified as Fakir Alfazsha Bismillasha (20), Ahmad Khan Sardar Khan Baloch (38), Shaikh Huma Parvin Rafiq (27), and her husband Rafiq Abdul Majeed Shaikh. All the accused persons hail from the Fatehwadi area of Ahmedabad district in Gujarat, said sources in the Crime Branch.
The complainant, a resident of Bhubaneswar, fell prey to a member of a Cyber Crime syndicate on November 4, 2023, who enticed him on the pretext of investment in Online Trading and in that process, within about 20 days, extracted around Rs 60 lakh from him.
The victim complained to the Crime Branch on November 26, 2023.
The investigating team came to know that these fraudsters were located in Gujarat. The team then proceeded to Ahmedabad and with the support of the Crime Branch of Gujarat Police arrested these fraudsters from Fatewadi.
The accused persons were produced before the court of SDJM, Bhubaneswar which remanded them to judicial custody.
