Migrant Muslim nabbed in Surat in digital arrest scam case
May 15, 2024
Surat: A migrant Muslim man Zahir Murtaza Hussain Aezaz Hussai Saiyed(26) from Raopura, Vadodara was held by Cyber Crime Police for digital arrest scam. The victims in this scam were threatened for police actions over parcels return from Thailand and stuck in customs for presence of narcotics. The cheaters would call people and cough up lakhs of Rupees in such scams. The victim in this case was 55 years old Sudhip Mishra who works as Sales manager in Udhna based company. He received a call in which a caller identified himself as a police man. Mishra was told that in a parcel sent to Thailand by him, 140 gram narcotics was found. Mishra was over calls introduced to fake police inspector, ACP, DCP etc. and tortured for 28 hours over Skype and Telegram calls. Mishra was asked to transfer Rs. 9 lakh to bank account operated by cyber frauds. The IGBI bank account used by cheaters was given to cheaters to operate for Rs. 10,000 commission by accused Zahir. DeshGujarat
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