Nagpur: Cyber Police in Nagpur arrested three persons, including a Nigerian national, from Delhi for allegedly duping a young Nagpur man by befriending him on a matrimonial site using a fake profile of a marriageable girl and duped him of over Rs 70.94 lakh on the pretext of sending gifts from the United States of America.
The accused have been identified as Collins Valentine Amaechi alias Lzuchukwu Valentine Umeh (42), a resident of Ezinitefie Onoeco City, State Onoeco, Nigeria, Sushil Rajendra Nagar (31), a resident of C-10, Lane No 26, Mahendra Park, Jahangirpura, Metro Station, New Delhi, and Vishal Harish Kumar (33), a resident of House No 58, Sant Nagar, Buradi, New Delhi.
Accused Nigerian Collins Valentine Amaechi, too, was allegedly illegally staying at Vasant Kunj in the National Capital. A resident of Manish Nagar in Nagpur, Sunil Deulwar was searching for a suitable bride for his brother Sushil. He had prepared a paid profile of his brother Sushil on the website of Bharat Matrimony and was himself handling it in July 2021.
The accused trio prepared a fake profile of a girl named Suchitra Das and contacted Sunil Deulwar on Sushil’s profile on the matrimonial site. As both started chatting on regular basis on their cell phones, the accused gained Sunil’s confidence and told him that a parcel containing gifts and valuables worth Rs 70.94 lakh was sent to his residential address in Nagpur by Green Light Transworld Courier, New Jersey.
The accused also sent the photograph of the parcel to him. After some days, they again contacted Sunil Deulwar and told him that the parcel had reached Indira Gandhi International Airport but the Customs officers were not releasing it. They then asked Sunil to send one lakh US dollars to pay the custom duty, other fines towards importing foreign electronic goods, fund replication code charge and police clearance. The accused then tricked Sunil into giving Rs 70.94 lakh by cheque, NEFT, UPI, and RTGS.
When Sunil did not get any parcel, he contacted the accused but their cell phones were switched off. Realising that he was defrauded, he approached the police. On the basis of Sunil Deulwar’s complaint, a case under Sections 419, 420, 120(b), 465, 467, 468, 470, 471, 406 of the Indian Penal Code, read with Sections 66(c), 66(d) of the Information Technology Act, was registered at Beltarodi Police.
The investigations were handed over to Cyber Police who then collected the statements of different bank accounts in which the victim had transferred the money. As per the instructions of senior police officials, a team of Cyber Police comprising Senior PI Amit Dolas, API Sandeep and others visited Delhi and trapped the three accused including the Nigerian. The accused were brought to Nagpur on January 31 and remanded to police custody for their interrogation till Friday.
