Bengaluru (Karnataka): The Banaswadi police in Bengaluru have detained six persons including two foreigners on Saturday for allegedly running a fake web site and duping many people by promoting attractive advertisements on web sites.
The accused persons have been identified as Eisen Lovely of Nigeria, Mohammed Ahmed Ismail of Sudan, Hirendra, Kimi Ranjan and Jatin Kumar of Tripura.
According to police sources, the accused persons were involved in the illegal work by making a fake website and robbed millions of rupees by promoting attractive fake advertisements in it.
"Using the fake website and e-mail, they were advertising and selling kidneys in the name of the capital's prestigious hospital. The Banaswadi police have managed to capture a gang of six persons in this connection," an official said.
On the December 30th last year, Dr Shafiq, the director of the Specialist hospital at HBR Layout, had filed a complaint at the station alleging that a person named Chandru was misbehaving in the name of the hospital by selling a kidney.
Acting on the plaint, police have arrested three accused in Tripura. When the accused were interrogated, they confessed to committing the crime through the fake web site, WhatsApp messages and e-mail. In accordance with the information from the three accused, the other three persons were also arrested, sources said.
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Police have seized some bank pass books, SIM cards, ATM cards, check books and mobile phones from the arrested persons' possesion. It is also obtained that the foreign accused were living illegally in India without any passport records, sources added.
