Dimapur, June 10 : Dimapur police have arrested four persons from Assam on charges of fraud. They were arrested by a combined team of Assam and Nagaland police on June 9.
The accused have been identified as one Dipjyoti Talukdar, a Animesh Goswami, one Mantu Patgiri and a Pinky Moni Das. The accused were brought to Dimapur on June 10, Friday.
Dimapur police said that the accused would call up unsuspecting victims with offers of computers and mobile phones placed at nominal rates. Potential buyers were asked to join web community portals such as Whatsapp and Facebook groups administered by the accused. Online money transactions would then take place with the scammers assuring the buyers of the promised products.
The head of the investigations, IPS probationer Vishal, told reporters in Dimapur on Friday that the investigation began from a complaint lodged by a Dimapur-based electronics store. It was later discovered that two such cases were also lodged in Kohima.
The police are said to have used call data and bank transactions corresponding to the phone numbers and bank accounts to trace the suspects. After narrowing down possible locations, the investigators from West Police Station and Assam Police headed to Guwahati where they raided targeted places that led to the four.
Seven other bank accounts are believed to have been used to run the racket, police believe, and that more people from Assam, Manipur and even Bhutan may have been duped. According to bank records, the amount could exceed over 10 lakh.
