Crime Branch nabs 7 inter-state criminals over insurance fraud

Cuttack: Odisha Crime Branch (CB) today arrested seven inter-state criminals from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana in connection with an Rs 5.5 lakh insurance fraud case.

The CB has also seized Rs 44,11,420 cash, mobile phones, SIM cards, identity proofs, debit and credit cards from their possession.

The accused were identified as Ritesh Singh, Akash Singh, Avinash Kumar Singh, Jaypal Singh, Ramraj Singh Parmar, Pradeep Kumar and Prem Sankar Biswarkarma.

Odisha Crime Branch arrests an organized criminal group of seven persons in connection with a case of Advance Fee Fraud

— Bijay Kumar Sharma (@BijayKumarShar7) July 3, 2017

A complaint had been registered against them at Cyber Crime Police Station in Cuttack in March 2016 by Laxmidhar Hota, of Tarapur under Banki police limits. Hota had alleged the accused had cheated Rs 5.5 lakhs from him by promising to clear maturity amount of his Tata AIG insurance policy.

Accused had cheated the complainant Rs. 5.5 lakhs by falsely promising him payment of maturity amount of a Tata AIG insurance policy

— Bijay Kumar Sharma (@BijayKumarShar7) July 3, 2017

A case had bn registered in Cyber PS during March 2016 and being investigated. Huge cash, credit and ATM cards seized fm the accused

— Bijay Kumar Sharma (@BijayKumarShar7) July 3, 2017

The seven have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Information Technology Act.

Meanwhile, the accused have been brought on transit remand to Cuttack for production before a magistrate. The CB is also continuing its investigation suspecting their involvement in similar other fraud cases.

Seven accused were arrested fm Delhi, Faridabad & Noida area & after transit remand, hv bn brought to Cuttack for production bfr Magistrate

— Bijay Kumar Sharma (@BijayKumarShar7) July 3, 2017

Suspected that the group is involved in other similar cheating/fraud cases. Further investigation continues

— Bijay Kumar Sharma (@BijayKumarShar7) July 3, 2017