Three men were arrested for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of providing them Customer Service Point (CSP) of a bank under an e-governance scheme by creating a fake website, police said Wednesday.
A CSP functions like a mini outlet where deposit and withdrawal up to a certain amount can be made.
The accused were identified as Vishwajeet Singh (22), Vikas Kumar (19) and Sunny Shankar (24).
The accused created a fake website for opening CSPs under an e-governance scheme, police said.
In his complaint, one Karan Singh alleged that he had applied for a CSP on the website. “He [Karan] was asked to deposit several amounts on different occasions in various bank accounts,” said Vijayanta Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (northwest).
In total, Karan paid ₹4,89,300 to the accused.
After finding the mobile numbers of the accused switched off, Karan visited the address provided on the website in West Bengal but found that no such firm existed on that address.
Vishwajeet used to arrange different bank accounts from several people and sold it to Sunny Shankar to transfer the cheated amount, said the DCP.
Accused Vikas Kumar provided his bank account detail to Vishwajeet for transferring money on a commission basis, the officer said. Sunny Shankar and his associate from Nawada in Bihar are the main accused, the officer added.
Sunny’s associate is absconding, the police said.
