The Delhi Police’s Cyber Crime Unit has arrested 65 persons for allegedly cheating hundreds of people under the pretense of paying their electricity bills. The accused were held from 22 cities and 100 bank accounts linked to them were ‘frozen’. Sources said they cheated people to the tune of over Rs 1 crore.
Police said the syndicate has different modules running from Jamtara in Jharkhand, parts of West Bengal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and other cities. The Jamtara module, famous for cheating people through various techniques, has of late resorted to using the pretext of unpaid electricity bills. Delhi Police said over 1,000 complaints have been received across India.
