SHILLONG: A team of officers from Cyber Crime Police Station of Meghalaya Police, CID headquarters, assisted by Delhi Police on Tuesday raided several places in and around Delhi and arrested seven persons including six Nigerian nationals in connection with a cyber fraud case.
Meghalaya police swung into action after receiving complaint that a person was cheated of Rupees twenty-one lakhs by a Facebook friend who supposedly have come to India to meet the complainant and that he had been detained at Delhi Airport by Custom Officials for carrying huge cash (dollars) and also lots of expensive gifts.
B L Buam, Additional Director General of Police (CID) Meghalaya, Shillong said that the complainant was asked to pay money to the Custom Officials for the release of the Facebook friend and also the cash and gifts which he was carrying for the complainant.
Feeling pity for the Facebook friend, the complainant paid money in several instalments and by the time the complainant realised, the culprit had already duped the complainant of Rupees twenty-one lakhs.
The case was registered at Cyber Crime Police Station (CCPS). The CID Headquarters, Shillong investigated the case registered under Section 420 IPC Read with Section 66D of Information Technology Act.
The police official said that during investigation evidence were found that showed links of some people based in New Delhi and accordingly, a team of Meghalaya Police was deputed to New Delhi to follow up the case.
With the assistance of Delhi Police, the team got the break through on Tuesday and they were able to apprehend seven people including six Nigerian nationals in connection with the case.
At present investigation in different parts of Delhi is going on. The accused persons will be brought to Shillong on completion of investigation and other legal formalities for further action as per law
The arrested persons have been identified as Agodo Chinedu Frank (35), Rose Sekhose (34), Oria Francis (28), John Onyekweli Ofodile (35), Toh Bi Gorgers (25), Miss Angela Omoruyi (23) and one Guinea national Barry Amadou (30 yrs) alias Odinga.
Police also recovered 50 ATM cards, 50 SIM cards, twenty cell-phones, six laptop computers and ten pen-drives from their possession.