Student mortgages rented cameras for quick bucks

  • | Friday | 16th November, 2018

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.

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. 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. 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. 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. Harse adopted the modus operandi for around four months until he was arrested by crime branch.Addressing a press conference on Thursday, senior PI Jagvendrasing Rajput, in-charge of crime unit comprising API DM Bhedodkar, PSI Mangala Mokashe and constables Shyam Kadu, Shatrughna Kadu, Arun Dharme and others, said 17 cameras, different lens and charger worth Rs8.40 lakh have been seized from the Harse and Wanjari. 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 would also offer some advance amount to the hirers to win their confidence,” said PI Singh.API Bhedodkar said Harse retained most of the amount while giving a lesser share to Wanjari.Police said the matter came to light after one Piyush Shahu lodged a complaint at Tehsil police station against Harse, following which crime branch launched a parallel probe.

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