PRESS RELEASE The Cyber Crimes PS, Detective Department, Hyderabad City have arrested accused

PRESS RELEASE

The Cyber Crimes PS, Detective Department, Hyderabad City have arrested  accused persons 1) Ajay Lamba R/o Dabri, Delhi N/o Sirsa, Haryana State 2) Hemanth Kumar R/o Dabri, Delhi N/o Sirsa, Haryana State who were cheating  innocent public in guise of gift/praccel in Cr. No. 407/2018, U/s 419, 420 IPC & Sec 66 (D) (D) of ITA Act of PS Cyber Crime and brought them to Hyderabad on transit warrant. 

FACTS OF THE CASE:

The facts of the case are that on 12-12-2018 received a complaint from a lady wherein she stated that she had friendship with unknown person in social media, later he contacted in whatsapp saying that he is sending a parcel for her with gifts. Then, one day the Delhi Customs officials called her saying that she has to pay for income tax, anti-laundering, F.B.I authority etc., In this way they lured her to an amount of Rs. 7 lakhs. Hence, she requested to take necessary action against them.

Details of the arrested persons:-

1) Ajay Lamba S/o Jagbeer Singh age: 26 yrs, R/o Sitapuri, Dabri, Delhi, N/o Police colony, Sirsa, Sirsa Dist, Haryana

 

2) Hemanth Kumar S/o Sidhram age: 42 yrs, R/o Sitapuri, Dabri Delhi, N/o J.E. colony, Ajay Vihar, Sirsa, Sirsa dist, Haryana

Seized items from the accused persons:

From A3) Ajay Lamba 

Laptops-03

Ipad-01

Mobile Phones: 12

Sim Cards: 13

ATM/Debit Cards: 17

Bank Passbooks: 10

Net Cash of Rs. 35,000/-

From A4) Hemanth Kumar: 

Mobile phone: 01

Bank Passbooks: 03

ATM/Debit Cards: 03

Net Cash of Rs, 25,000/-

MO. OF THE OFFENDERS

The accused Ajay Lamba had friendship with Nigerians by names Joseph and Baba K. The Nigerians make friendship with un-known persons in facebook and would trap the innocent ladies posing themselves as financially sound abroad. After gaining confidence, they are going to send parcel/gift which contains dollars, mobile phones and jewellery etc to them. Later, the accused Ajay Lamba make a call to the victims posing as officials of Delhi Airport & customs officers etc and compel them to transfer the money to release the parcel. Accordingly, believing the versions, victims would transfer the money to the bank accounts which were provided by another accused Hemanth Kumar who also belongs to Ajay Lamba’s village Sirsa, Haryana state. 

The accused persons were also involved in another crime in Cyber Crime PS, CCS, Hyderabad. 

The public are warned to not accept such type of gifts/parcels from unknown persons who approach through Facebook and Whatsapp. 

The team headed by Inspector of Police Sri G.Venkata Ramireddy consisting of team members S.Is. K.Madhusudhan Rao and M. Krishna and team members of PS Cyber Crime under the direct supervision of Addl. DCP Cyber Crimes Sri. K. C. S. Raghu Vir has cracked the said case.

Dy. Commissioner of Police

Detective Department, CCS,

Hyderabad City.