Key Highlights
- The chargesheet was filed in the City Munsiff Court here in a case registered in 2017 under Section 420 RPC read with Section 66(d) of the IT Act against two accused persons, a spokesman of the EOW said in a statement.
- Giving details of the case, the spokesman said a man had alleged that he was lured by a fraudulent phone call claiming that he had won a prize of ₹2.35 crore along with a car from M/s Chevrolet Motors Promotion Limited, U. K.
- "In order to claim the said prize, the caller directed the complainant to communicate through an email ID, cheprom@liv. co. uk.
- During subsequent email correspondence, the complainant was asked to deposit an amount as customs duty into a bank account maintained in the name of Jitu Raj Johari at SBI Branch, Sarai Khawaja," he said.
- The spokesman said that after depositing the amount, the complainant received another email instructing him to open an account in the Royal Bank of Scotland and to deposit an additional amount as Charges of Transfer (COT) through an NSG agency.
