Director of Gurugram based Profit Network company and three other accused involved in an online fraud of Rs eight crore arrested.

Chandigarh, Feb 20 – Haryana Police has arrested Director of Gurugram based Profit Network company and three other accused involved in an online fraud of Rs eight crore committed by them as they had cheated about 4800 persons by promising them handsome returns. The police have also frozen three bank accounts of the company which had about Rs 90 lakh.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of Police Department said that the accused had been identified as Raj Kumar Sharma, a resident of Surat in Gujarat, Daulat Singh, a resident of Jaipur, Bharat Kumar of Alwar in Rajasthan and Ajay of Bhiwani.
He said that acting swiftly on a FIR lodged by Mr Vijay Singh of Rewari and Mr Amit Kumar of Sonipat against the company on February 14, the Police formed a Special Investigation Team and nabbed all four accused involved in online fraud from Rajiv Chowk, Gurugram on February 19, 2017. The FIR was lodged under sections 420,468,471 and 420 B of the IPC and section 66-D of IT Act, sections 3,32,14 of Haryana Protection of Interest of Deposition Act at Police Station, Badshahpur.
Both the complainant had become members of the company on January 23, 2017 and had transferred Rs 2.5 lakh in its account.
On interrogation, the accused admitted that Profit Network Company was started by them in July 2016 which had duped about 4800 persons by making them its members. The members had deposited about Rs eight crore in company’s bank accounts. The company had asked people to deposit money in its bank account, which had ample link of websites. In order to earn profit, the members had to like the web links sent to them by the company. The company had promised to pay Rs five per like, he added.