Duping
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West Bengal: Priest arrested in Darjeeling for duping woman over Rs 3.5-crore 'mystery box'
Crime | Dec 03, 2023, 12:41 PM ISTThe victim was convinced by Joshi and his gang to buy the box under the pretext of bringing her fortune and convinced her to deposit Rs 3.5 crore in various bank accounts. However, it was later found that the 'mystery box' was actually an empty box to deceive the victim.
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Karnataka: Police arrest two persons for duping people of Rs 1 crore by promising jobs in military
Karnataka | Oct 23, 2023, 10:47 PM ISTOne of the accused is a deserter in the Indian Army and had promised jobs in the armed forces, air force and the navy with his accomplice. A joint operation was carried out by Military Intelligence in Bengaluru and Srirampura police.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Govt employee chargesheeted for duping man of Rs 3 lakh in Budgam
Jammu and Kashmir | Aug 26, 2023, 11:32 PM ISTThe 123-page chargesheet was filed against the accused Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
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Mumbai Police nabs man from Delhi for duping students through fake joining letters
Maharashtra | May 16, 2023, 01:59 PM ISTThe accused sent a fake joining letter of CMA-CGM and demanded Rs 4 lakh 47 thousand from the complainant in the name of medical, stay in company, immigration, security charge and visa.
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Former Ranji player gets arrested for duping 60 companies by posing as Andhra CM's assistant
Cricket | Mar 15, 2023, 11:55 AM ISTBudmuru was also a part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad but failed to make his debut.
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Delhi: Man, who fled 5-star Leela Palace hotel without paying Rs 23 lakh bill, arrested
Jan 22, 2023, 09:30 AM ISTThe accused had stayed at the Leela hotel in the Sarojini Nagar area from August 1, 2022, till November 20, and fled without settling a bill of Rs 23,46,413, as per hotel staff.
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Odisha: Man arrested for 17 marriages as 3 more wives now traced
India | Feb 17, 2022, 12:32 PM ISTThe police officer said the accused, who approached women under the fake identity of a doctor, had also tied the knot with a charted account from Chhattisgarh, a physician from Assam and a highly educated lady of Odisha.
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Gurugram: Man arrested 3 years after duping finance company of Rs 2.18 crore
Crime | Jan 27, 2022, 12:17 PM ISTAccording to the police, Pramod Singh initially borrowed Rs 27.5 lakh from the firm to purchase a Mercedes Benz car and paid the initial installments.
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22 arrested in West Bengal for posing as Amazon employees, duping people
Crime | Sep 09, 2021, 09:45 AM ISTThe accused were found operating the call centre without any valid documents, a police officer said.
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3 arrested in Delhi for duping people pan-India
News | Sep 12, 2020, 04:00 PM ISTThree men have been arrested for allegedly duping people on pretext of offering gifts against reward points on September 12.
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Maharashtra HSC Board Exam 2020: Man arrested for duping students over HSC hall tickets in Mumbai
Crime | Feb 18, 2020, 06:12 PM ISTA man has been arrested in the metropolis for allegedly taking money from students after promising them hall tickets for the Maharashtra State Board's HSC exams, police said on Tuesday.
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2 nabbed in J&K for duping youths in the name of providing job
India | Nov 15, 2019, 07:16 AM ISTDuring sustained questioning, the accused confessed that they have duped lakhs of rupees from people from Bishna, Kupwara, Banihal, Ramban, Samba, they said.
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Man nabbed for duping people on pretext of giving government jobs
Crime | Nov 02, 2019, 09:56 AM IST"In 2007, Akhtar demanded more money and a year after, he told us that we have been selected for the jobs. Later, we found that there were no such jobs. When we tried to contact him, Akhtar and his associates, they did not take our calls," Singh said in his complaint.
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Gang duping students on pretext of facilitating their admissions in medical colleges busted, 3 held
Crime | Sep 02, 2019, 11:35 PM ISTThe main accused, Satish Kanani, was arrested from Surat in Gujarat on Monday, DCP Yogesh Dadhich said.
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Man held for duping people on pretext of installing mobile towers
Crime | Jul 26, 2019, 08:27 PM ISTThe accused used to target people by posting advertisements in newspapers and lured them by offering good returns for using their property for installation of mobile towers, police said.
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1,000 people duped of Rs 2.5 crore on pretext of job assurance in Airports Authority of India, 7 held
India | Jul 26, 2019, 09:33 PM ISTSeven people, including four women, were arrested for allegedly duping around 1,000 people to the tune of Rs 2.5 crore on the pretext of providing them jobs in the Airports Authority of India (AAI), police said on Friday.
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Three held for cheating woman of over Rs 9 lakh
Crime | Jul 23, 2019, 07:06 AM ISTThe accused have been identified as Abhishek Bhatia (26), a resident of Sahibabad, Vivek Kumar (24) and Raj Ranjan Das (26), both residents of Pandav Nagar, police said.
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Man arrested for duping neighbours of crores in Rajasthan
India | Jul 20, 2019, 08:00 PM ISTA 34-year-old man who allegedly duped his neighbours of crores of rupees was arrested in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Saturday, police said.
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Self-proclaimed godwoman held for duping woman of Rs 12 lakh
India | Jul 19, 2019, 10:58 PM ISTA 56-year-old self-styled godwoman was on Friday arrested for allegedly duping a woman and her family of Rs 12.75 lakh here, police said.
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Aspiring CA held for duping people by creating fake website of Amazon
India | Jun 30, 2019, 11:33 PM ISTThe accused, Rohit Soni, 23, is a resident of Churu in Rajasthan and is a BCom graduate, police said.