Delhi Police arrests cyber fraudster for duping IIT student of ` 4.33 Lakh

The Delhi Police arrested a cyber fraudster who allegedly duped an IIT Delhi student of Rs 4.33 lakh by placing him under digital arrest. The accused, identified as Madan Lal (29), was traced to Chennai and taken into custody.

“On November 16 of last year, a fourth-year engineering student at IIT Delhi received a call from someone claiming to be from a courier service. The caller falsely informed him that a suspicious parcel in his name was being shipped from Mumbai to Beijing. When the student denied any knowledge of the parcel, the caller advised him to report the issue to the police and transferred the call to an alleged officer at Gamdevi Police Station, Mumbai,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Surendra Choudhary said in a press statement.