NEW DELHI: A man from Amritsar who reportedly purchased goods worth Rs 2 lakh online by fradulently using the credit card of theIndian ambassador to Sudan has been arrested, police said on Saturday. More arrests are likely.
Ambassador A K Pandey, a resident of Greater Kailash-I, had complained that somebody had misused his SBI credit card for online shopping, causing him a loss of more than Rs 2 lakh. Investigations revealed that the card was used to buy a 10gm gold coin in the name of one Satinder Singh, a resident of the Guru Nanak colony, Amritsar, and the item was to be couriered to him. A police team went to Amritsar to trace the culprit.
"The team reached Amritsar and traced the address but it was found to be fake. The phone number given by the accused at the time of the online booking was switched off. We got his new phone number from the online company and a trap was laid near the post office in Amritsar with the help of local police. After a long wait, he came to collect the package. While receiving the package, he was caught red-handed," said addl CP (Southeast) Ajay Chaudhry.
His real name is Avtar Singh. The gold coin was found in the packet. He further told the cops that he had used the same method earlier to buy valuable items online. The police team recovered four gold coins of 2 grams each and one Dell desktop computer from his house. Singh has been sent to judicial custody.
Ambassador A K Pandey, a resident of Greater Kailash-I, had complained that somebody had misused his SBI credit card for online shopping, causing him a loss of more than Rs 2 lakh. Investigations revealed that the card was used to buy a 10gm gold coin in the name of one Satinder Singh, a resident of the Guru Nanak colony, Amritsar, and the item was to be couriered to him. A police team went to Amritsar to trace the culprit.
"The team reached Amritsar and traced the address but it was found to be fake. The phone number given by the accused at the time of the online booking was switched off. We got his new phone number from the online company and a trap was laid near the post office in Amritsar with the help of local police. After a long wait, he came to collect the package. While receiving the package, he was caught red-handed," said addl CP (Southeast) Ajay Chaudhry.
His real name is Avtar Singh. The gold coin was found in the packet. He further told the cops that he had used the same method earlier to buy valuable items online. The police team recovered four gold coins of 2 grams each and one Dell desktop computer from his house. Singh has been sent to judicial custody.
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