Amdavad: The Ahmedabad cyber crime cell team nabbed a man named Ravindra, also known as Ravi Patel, who was allegedly working as an agent for a Pakistani woman named Haika. Haika was accused of running an international online fraud scam from Dubai.

On March 28th, Pratik Patel filed a complaint with the cyber cell stating that he received text messages and advertisements from various phone numbers and social media platforms. The accused had promised huge profits for investment and had paid the initial two to three installments regularly. However, they later resorted to cheating. Pankaj Patel, the complainant, alleged that he had suffered a loss of Rs 46 lakh due to the scam.

The cyber cell found that the SIM card used by the accused was issued from Vadodara and was connected to the accused’s bank account. The network was active in Dubai and run by Haika. Ravi Patel, who lived in Ahmedabad’s Kathvada, was allegedly working as an agent for Gujarat. He use to supply SIM cards from Ahmedabad and Vadodara to Dubai by packing them in sweet boxes and sending them through passenger flights from Ahmedabad airport. The accused allegedly sent 60 SIM cards to Dubai in this manner. The accused Ravi was deported by the Dubai police from Dubai in 2021 for staying in Dubai for a duration exceeding his visa. Deshgujarat