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Pune: Two people were arrested on Friday from Delhi and a man was held from Raviwar Peth on the charge of cheating a retired bank manager from Talegaon Dabhade of Rs2.3 crore in an online insurance fraud between March 2024 and January 13 this year after promising her handsome returns. The victim lodged a complaint with the Cyber Police of Pimpri Chinchwad on Tuesday.
Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Sandeep Doiphode, senior inspector Ravikiran Nale, assistant inspector Pravin Swami, sub-inspector Sagar Poman and others arrested the suspects after studying their phone numbers, bank accounts and other details. Nale said, "The two men from Delhi — Bhupendar Jena and Laxman Singh — operated as callers as well as bogus officials of NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India). Laxmankumar Prajapati was arrested from Raviwar Peth.
We recovered Rs10 lakh and a machine for counting notes from his house." He said, "Jena and Singh had all the details of the victim. They went on asking her to deposit money in different bank accounts, while Prajapati collected cash from the victim.
" According to the police, the woman was caught in a web. Crooks kept demanding money from her and she paid hoping for large returns until she became suspicious. The complainant had purchased an insurance policy in March 2024.
She had paid Rs1 lakh and was assured Rs3.8 lakh returns in February 2025. The policy was valid and the scam started right after she bought it.
The woman transferred different amounts online to multiple bank accounts and also paid the frauds in cash. She exhausted her savings and obtained personal and gold loans to make further payments to the suspects. MSID:: 119349862 413 |.
