A Nigerian national was arrested last week by the
Cyber Crime police station of Kolkata Police, India for allegedly duping a
local man to the tune of Rs 9 lakh by offering him a job in a reputed company
abroad.
According to police, the accused identified as
Echezona Emmanuel Onyendi alias Tony Kevin, had promised Anirudhha
Bahattacharya, a Marine Engineer a job and demanded money.
Bahattacharya lodged a complaint at the Cyber Crime
Cell alleging that he paid Rs 9 lakh for a job abroad but received false
documents and papers.
Bahattacharya was given an email address and few
phone numbers. After he paid the money in the bank account number provided by
the Nigerian, all contacts were cut off from his end.
During investigation, sleuths found the mobile
number's location in Bengaluru which was used to dupe the victim.
A raid was conducted in this regard at Jigani PS
area in Bangalore and arrested the accused in Woodland Heights Apartment,
260/2/1, Rajapura, PS- Jigani, Bengaluru.
A laptop and two passports ( Ghana and Nigeria) were
seized from his possession out of which one passport supposed to be fake.
The accused person was produced before the Ld. CMM,
Calcutta and the Ld. Court remanded him Police Custody till Saturday, July 20.
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