Giridih Police arrests Nigerian citizen for cyber fraud

A Nigerian national has been arrested by Giridih police on charges of cyber fraud. He had cheated a local businessman from Giridih of Rs 80 lakh.

Giridih:The JharkhandPolice on Friday arrested a Nigerian national from Pune on the charge of cyber fraud with a local businessman.

The culprit was arrested for online cheating a popular businessman and head of Chamber of Commerce Nirmal Jhunjhunwala of Rs 80 lakh.

Police found him to be fooling people for money in the name of manufacturing medicines. SP Surendra Kumar informed that a case was registered against him by Jhunjhunwala on November 30, 2019, in the Cyber cell. The cyber police began an investigation under section 39/19.

A Special Investigative Team was formed by cyber cell DSP Sandeep Suman Samdarshi. Further investigation by the SIT exposed the group he was associated with.

The team conducted a raid in Mumbai to catch the group's mastermind AU Mabegabu Henry Alex, also known as Dr. Alex David. But he succeeded in fleeing away.

He was later arrested by Giridih police from Pune. Alex was earlier arrested in a fraud case but was released.

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