Odisha Crime Investigation Department (CID) has busted an inter-state gang involved in digital arrest cyber fraud by arresting the scammer who defrauded a 66-year-old retired doctor of a government-run medical college and hospital after placing him under ‘digital arrest’, a senior CID official said on Thursday.
Based on one such complaint, the Anti Extortion and Kidnapping Cell of Crime Branch nabbed 36-year-old fraudster, Mukeem Ayyub Khan from Rohini.
The accused posed as an official of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government at the Leela Hotel and duped it of over Rs 20 lakh.
The actor-cum-politician was allegedly duped by a Mumbai-based businessman, said the actor's public relations officer.
Tej Pratap Yadav filed a written complaint in Sri Krishna Puri police station on Tuesday evening.
'Amazon's investigative team and their lawyer had complained that a gang of fraudsters had been duping Amazon worth crores of rupees over the last 2-3 years,' said SSP .
