A strange case of cheating has been reported from Gurgaon. A lady entrepreneur, Monalisa Ghosh, a resident of Regency Park 2 in DLF Phase 4, has alleged that she has been duped of Rs 62 lakh by one of her Facebook friends. Ghosh filed a complaint at the Sector 29 police station, claiming she had been duped by one George Anderson, a Scottish national with whom she was also chatting on WhatsApp regularly.
Ghosh has mentioned in her complaint that Anderson told her he was coming to India to start a business in partnership with her. One day, Anderson sent her a message that he had been detained by officials of the customs department and that he desperately needed Rs 62 lakh. An unsuspecting Ghosh deposited the amount in 15 transactions in four separate bank accounts.
The police, after receiving the complaint, got all the accounts frozen immediately. An FIR was registered at the Sector 29 police station under sections 420 (cheating) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the IPC. The cyber cell of Gurgaon Police swung into action but could not ascertain the identity or whereabouts of the Scottish national.
A strict vigil on the bank accounts led to the arrest of one Mohammad Asif, from Uttar Pradesh. Asif was nabbed from Delhi when he had come to the bank to withdraw money from one of the four accounts mentioned by Ghosh. Police suspect a racket in this case, and it is not for the first time that a resident of Gurgaon has been cheated in this fashion.
"We have taken Asif on police remand and are questioning him. We will soon crack the case. We are suspecting this to be a big racket involving several people. Investigations are on and we hope to arrest those involved soon," said Surender Phogat, SHO, Sector 29 police station.
