New Delhi, Aug 14 : Two brothers have been arrested for allegedly cheating an east Delhi resident of Rs 1.10 lakh by posing as bank officials and demanding loan-processing charges, police said on Friday.
The accused, Arun (23) and Ravi Kumar (26), were apprehended from their rented accommodation in Vaishali in Ghaziabad, they said.
According to police, the victim was contacted by a person posing as a loan-processing official while seeking a bank loan. The caller allegedly demanded payments on the pretext of file processing and approval charges, after which the victim transferred Rs 1.10 lakh, police said. A case was registered on July 21 in Shahdara.
During the investigation, police traced the money trail, mobile numbers and call records, which led to Ravi’s arrest. Later on police arrested Arun too.
CCTV footage showed Ravi withdrawing the cheated money from an ATM.
Police said they recovered the ATM card linked to an account that received around Rs 70,000 from him, along with two mobile phones and two SIM cards.
Police said customer details and an employee ID bearing another person’s name were also on his phone. Police said further investigation into the matter is underway.
