The Coimbatore Rural police have arrested a man from New Delhi for allegedly defrauding a resident in Sulur taluk of ₹10 lakh.
Rithika, 25, the complainant, received a phone call in September 2024 from Gopi Kumar, 42, who, claiming to be a FedEx courier employee, told her that she was under investigation by Mumbai Cybercrime officials over a parcel containing narcotics booked with her Aadhaar number. She was asked to transfer ₹10 lakh to his account and furnish her bank account details for verification. After giving assurance that the money will be transferred back to her account after the process.
After transferring the amount, Rithika tried contacting Gopi Kumar, but the number was switched off for a long period of time, which is when she realised she had been duped. She registered a complaint with the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal. Superintendent of Police K. Karthikeyan formed a team under the leadership of Sub-inspector Marimuthu, and the suspect was traced to New Delhi, where he was arrested and brought to Coimbatore.
The Police Department froze the suspect’s bank account, found to be facing 11 such cases across India involving fraudulent transactions to the extent of ₹30 lakh. He was also found to be operating two companies in New Delhi: Compact Corporation Private Ltd., and Nihansh Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
The cyber crime wing police registered a case under Sections 318(4) BNS and 66D of the IT Act 2000, and had him remanded in judicial custody.
Published – January 26, 2025 09:11 pm IST
