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Odisha Crime Branch arrests several fraudsters in six different cases of cheating people

Bhubaneswar, Apr 28 (UNI) The Odisha Crime Branch has arrested several fraudsters in 6 different cases for cheating lakhs of rupees from the people.
The Crime Branch has arrested a fraudster who cheated crores of rupees from people in the name of capital investment.

Crime Branch DGP Binaytosh Mishra said two accused who cheated lakhs of rupees from devotees by creating a fake website in the name of Niladri Bhakta Nivas of Puri have been arrested.
The two accused have been identified as Anshuman Sharma of Agra and his accomplice Arvind Kumar of Prayagraj.
This fraud case was registered on the basis of the complaint of the Chief Administrator of Shri Jagannath Temple Administration.
According to the complaint, the accused opened a fake website named www.neeladribhaktanivas.in and used it to communicate with devotees through a mobile number and WhatsApp.
They asked them to deposit money online on the pretext of confirming accommodation at Neeladri Bhakta DNivas.
A savings account of Canara Bank was used for this fraud. A laptop, mobile phone, SIM card, details of the Neeladri Bhakta Nivas website, Aadhar card, PAN card and GoDaddy hosting details have been seized from the accused.
The Shri Jagannath Temple administration has advised devotees to book only through the authorised website www.shreejagannath.in.
The Crime Branch has requested tourists visiting Puri to be careful while booking hotels.
Similarly, the Crime Branch has arrested one Akash Kesharwani, the accused in the cyber fraud case against former minister Tusharkanti Behera, from Prayagraj.
Cyber ​​fraudsters had defrauded the former minister of about Rs. 1.40 crore.
The defrauded amount of Rs 3.70 lakh was deposited in the account of the former minister.
With this arrest, the number of accused arrested in this case has reached 8.
The fraud was committed in the name of investing in the share market.
Crime Branch DG Binaytosh Mishra said that the Crime Branch is investigating the case and efforts are being made to arrest the other accused in the case.
In a similar case, the Crime Branch has arrested an accused named Hiteshbhai Patra (39 years), a resident of the Surat area of ​​Gujarat state.
Accused Hitesh is a native of Balasore district, and he is currently working as a website developer/designer in Surat, Gujarat.
Hitesh and the other accused had defrauded about Rs 1.28 crore in the name of investing capital.
Out of which, Rs 27 lakh was deposited in Hitesh's account. 6 bank cheque books, 31 debit/credit cards, 13 rubber stamps of various fake companies, 12 mobile handsets, SIM cards, 4 pen drives and various personal identification materials have been seized from him.
In another case, one Partha Parmar (25), a resident of the Sardar Patel Ring Road area, Ahmedabad, has been arrested by the Crime Branch.
It was alleged that the accused had defrauded Rs 7.5 crore in the name of investment.
During the investigation, the police came to know that Rs 25 lakh was deposited in the account of accused Partha. The police have seized a mobile phone, Aadhar card, and PAN card from the accused, Partha.
In another case the Crime Branch has arrested Thakkar Karsanji Sobhaji (48), a resident of the Bolodham area, Bembardi, Gujarat, and Qureshi Mohammad Aslam (31), a resident of the Kapadbhanj area, Kheda district, Gujarat.
Both were accused of cheating people out of Rs 87.8 lakhs in the name of investment.
During the investigation, the police found that Rs 9.3 lakhs were deposited in the account of the accused Thakkar Karsanji Sobhaji, while Rs 6 lakhs were deposited in the account of Qureshi Mohammad Aslam.
Mobile phones, Aadhar cards, and PAN cards have been seized from both of them.
The Crime Branch DG further said one Akash Kesharwani, (33), a resident of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in a capital investment fraud case.
The police have come to know during the investigation that the accused, Akash, is involved in a capital investment fraud case of Rs 1.4 crore.
The police have come to know during the investigation that Rs 3.7 lakhs were transferred to his account. Mobile, Aadhar card, and PAN card have been seized from the accused.
Investigation is underway in all the above cases, Mishra said.
Police are conducting raids at various places to arrest the other accused involved in the incident, he said.
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