One More Held In Rs. 40 Lakh HP Online Fraud

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh police has arrested another accused in the Rs 40 lakh online fraud case registered at Shillai police station here, officials said on Sunday.

A special investigation team (SIT) of Sirmaur police arrested the second accused, Satyajit Majumdar, from Kolkata in West Bengal, Sirmaur SP Rohit Malpani said.

The team sought transit remand for Majumdar from a local court in 24 Parganas of Kolkata, he said, adding that the accused was granted interim anticipatory for transit and was directed to be present in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Paonta Sahib, on November 16.

Earlier, Subrata Sarkar was arrested by SIT from Siliguri in West Bengal in October in connection with the online fraud case registered under Section 420 of the IPC on November 25, last year, at Shillai police station, where it was alleged that the accused promised fake jobs in MNCs outside India to unsuspecting persons, he added. The entire fraud was estimated to be of around Rs 40 lakh.

After obtaining his police remand from a Sirmaur court, Subrata had been taken to Kolkata to arrest other accused gang members, following which Majumdar was nabbed, Malpani said.(PTI)

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