Nigerian national held for posing as woman, duping ex-govt official

Delhi | Wednesday | 5th June, 2019

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Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, June 4A foreign national belonging to Nigeria, Arthur Okeke, was arrested in the Vikas Puri area for duping people through Facebook by posing as a woman. In 2018, a retired government official complained that he came in contact with the accused, who had a username Grace Dennis, through Facebook and became friends with him, said DCP Monika Bhardwaj. He deposited Rs 35.8 lakh in nine different bank accounts, said the DCP. The contact numbers of the accused were put on surveillance and bank account details were obtained. On the basis of technical surveillance, raids were conducted in Jaipur, Ajmer, Agra, Aligarh and many other places in Delhi, but the accused could not be traced..