Nagaland doctor duped of Rs 55 lakh under pretext of getting sports equipment, Two arrested
Nagpur: A Nagaland Police team nabbed two persons from Nagpur in Maharashtra for allegedly defrauding a doctor from the northeastern state of Rs 55 lakh under the pretext of supplying sports equipment, an official said on Monday.
The accused, identified as Amul Prakash Tong (40) and Prateek Jairam Nikhade (35), are residents of Nagpur.
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“The duo ran a sports equipment and furniture sales office in the city. In 2021, a doctor from Dimapur approached Tong and Nikhade expressing his intention to open a game zone and purchase material. A deal was struck and the doctor paid Rs 55 lakh. However, the duo failed to deliver the material,” the official said.
A complaint was lodged with the Dimapur Police which led to the registration of a fraud case, he said.
The duo was nabbed with the help of Nagpur Police on Saturday, he said, adding that the court granted their transit remand to Nagaland Police.
As per a media report in Nagpur Today, a police team from Nagpur reached Nagaland on Saturday and sought assistance from the Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone-1 Anurag Jain. Instructions were given to Sonegaon police to aid in the arrest of the accused. Following their arrest, both Tong and Nikhade were produced in court, and upon obtaining the production warrant, the police departed for Nagaland with the accused.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in another incident of cyber fraud, a doctor from Tamil Nadu was duped of Rs 52 lakh after falling victim to a cunning group of fraudsters who posed as representatives from FedEx and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The doctor, identified as a resident of Ramalinga Nagar, received a call on January 11 from an individual claiming to be a FedEx staff member.
