Gwalior. Another case of fraud through digital house arrest has come to light in Gwalior. A female medical officer was digitally arrested for 22 consecutive days and defrauded of Rs 38 lakh. Dr. Sujata Bapat, a medical officer posted at the Family Welfare Centre, was cheated by digitally arresting her by threatening to file a case of human trafficking and money laundering with the CBI. The thugs tricked the female officer by calling her on April 9. Kept under digital arrest for 22 consecutive days. On May 1, when Sujata got her husband to talk to her about the thugs, he asked her to talk to CBI officer Ajay Yadav. On this the swindler said that you have been scammed. Now you get out of this Telegram group. Go to the cyber police station and lodge a complaint.
After this, the husband and wife informed Superintendent of Police Dharamveer Singh on Thursday evening. SP has given instructions to crime branch in-charge Ajay Pawar to investigate and file an FIR. This is the second incident of major fraud by digitally arresting women in Gwalior within a month. Earlier, old teacher Asha Bhatnagar was defrauded of Rs 51 lakh, in which four accused including the kingpin have been arrested by the police. Investigation is still going on in this matter.
Gwalior CSP Ashok Jadaun said, ‘Dr. Sujata Bapat, Medical Officer posted at the Family Welfare Center in Gwalior Crime Police Station, has applied that she has been defrauded of Rs 38 lakh by doing digital house arrest. Application has been received. Legal action will be taken after getting the bank details.
The constable was going by car, when the police stopped the car, he said – ‘I am posted in the police station only’, then what happened…
After breaking 10 FDs, first got 35 lakhs transferred, then 3 lakhs.
The thugs called Dr. Sujata on the afternoon of April 9 and told her that they had booked a parcel from Lucknow to Myanmar, in which 50 grams of MDM was also found. When Sujatha declared herself innocent, the thug connected her to the police station and CBI police station court. After this, on the pretext of helping them by giving them arrest warrant and asset seizure order, on April 10, they broke 10 different FDs and got Rs 35 lakh transferred to their account through RTGS. The thugs also threatened Sujatha of dire consequences if she told her husband or anyone about this. Gave assurance that the case would be settled on 26th April and they would get relief. After getting the information about the money left in the account, get Rs 3 lakh transferred again.
Thinking him a beggar, the inspector gave him water to drink, the young man said- Thank you! Such a story was told during interrogation, everyone was stunned
Thug took money and sent documents on WhatsApp
The thug who turned into a CBI officer told that after removing the eyes, nose and ears of 60 people in Myanmar, Rs 3.80 crore has reached his HDFC Bank account. On this, Dr. Sujata said that she does not have an account in HDFC Bank. The swindler also said that the amount will be returned once your case is settled. After depositing the money, documents were also sent to him on WhatsApp.
‘Dulhan’ was written on the back of the tanker, the police stopped it and as soon as the lid was opened, eyes widened in tears.
The parcel was said to contain 20 passports, three credit cards, laptop, 50 grams of MDM.
Thug Rajiv Gupta told Dr. Sujata that the parcel contained 20 passports, 3 credit cards, a laptop, 50 grams of MDM and 4 kg of cloth. The address of the receiver in the parcel was given as John David House No. 207 City Dagon State Yogoon Myanmar. When asked to lodge a complaint at Alambagh police station, Sujata said that she is in Gwalior, not Lucknow. The swindler cheated by threatening to connect Lucknow police station and CBI police station on video call.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: May 3, 2024, 23:21 IST