Student mortgages rented cameras for quick bucks

Nagpur | Friday | 16th November, 2018

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Nagpur: A 19-year-old college student, studying computer application, allegedly started cheating online traders for money to compensate a friend whose camera he had lost. Harse roped in Wanjari to assist him in creating his profile as a person who is in genuine need of cash due to emergency.The plan earned Harse some ill-gotten quick bucks to enjoy a lavish lifestyle. The student, identified as Vaibhav Harse, was arrested by the crime branch along with another friend, Akshay Wanjari, on Wednesday.Harse had misplaced the camera which he had taken from a friend for clicking photographs at a birthday function. The items had been mortgaged to different persons.“Police managed to zero in on Harse without much hassle as he would give copy of his Aadhaar card to the person giving him the cameras on rent. Harse had managed to compensate some amount after mortgaging a camera which he had taken on rent of Rs300 per day through a web portal.Harse later realized that his trick of hiring cameras from online traders and mortgaging them could help him earn substantial amount of easy money within a short span of time..