IEP Chandigarh
The Cyber Crime Police Station of Chandigarh Police on Thursday arrested a person on the charge of cheating people with fake room advertisements on social media platform. The accused has been identified as Ankit Gaur, resident of Zirakpur, Punjab, said the police.
In the statement, Ketan Bansal, SP-Cyber, UT Chandigarh stated that in the complaint, the complainant stated that she was searching a room on rent in Chandigarh. In this regard, she had seen an advertisement on Facebook along with the given mobile number 8699716623.
On August 26, 2023, the victim contacted the above given mobile number. On this, the caller told the complainant to send the requirement on Whatsapp. Complaint sent in written to the caller whatsapp number that she needed one room set. Then, the caller shared the picture of the room to the complainant on whatsapp and an amount of Rs 9,000 was settled per month. Caller asked her to pay Rs 20,000 including one month room rent, one month advance and Rs 2,000 brokerage, and asked the owner of the house on his google pay mobile number 9915968856.
On August 28, 2023 she transferred Rs18,000, Rs.2,000 to google pay on mobile number 9915968856. Complainant contacted again to caller to get the room-key. The caller again asked the complainant to pay the remaining amount of brokerage of Rs 2,300 on said google pay mobile number. On August 28, 2023 she transferred Rs 2,300 to google pay mobile number 9915968856. Complainant neither got room on rent nor her money return in which the complainant has financial loss of total amount Rs 23,500 by cheaters on her part. Acting on the complaint, a case was registered and team members started investigation. A raid was conducted in Zirakpur and the accused was arrested. Two days police custody of the accused was taken from the Court, it stated.
