Summary:
A police team from Nashik has gone to Ahmedabad to nab one more person involved in the racket.Nashik police commissioner Ravinder Singal confirmed the arrest of the 11 persons. A local court has remanded the 11 persons in police custody till September 26.Senior inspector Prabhakar Rayate of the Upnagar police station said they have sought the help of the city’s cyber crime cell for the investigations.“It seems that the 11 persons from Nashik are part of an international racket that has been duping US nationals. We need feedback from government agencies overseas for which we have asked our central agencies for help,” a police official said. A case has been registered against the 11 persons at the Upnagar police station under sections 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating), 384 (extortion), 120b (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and various sections of the Indian Telegraph Act and Information Technology Act. “We are probing the scam thoroughly and will leave no stone unturned to take it to its logical conclusion..