Bilaspur. The accused deceived the youth by promising to buy the old 5 rupee note for 5 lakh 12 thousand rupees. Falling into his trap, the youth lost 2 lakh 21 thousand 600 rupees in different installments. Chakarbhatta police has registered a case.
According to the police, Roshan Dhuri, son of Sanwat Ram (25 years), resident of village Chhatauna of Chakarbhatta area, works as a helper in Nova Plant of Dagauri. On May 1, 2024, an advertisement was posted in the youth’s Instagram ID, which said that 5 lakh 12 thousand rupees would be received on exchanging the old 5 rupee note. The youth also had an old note. In such a situation, the youth sent a message and agreed to sell the note. At 5.30 pm, an unknown person called the youth’s mobile number. The person on the other end introduced himself as Vipin Gupta, a resident of Mumbai, Maharashtra. He said that an army man has left with 5 lakh 12 thousand rupees. He has reached Sargaon. After some time, the youth received a call from another number and he said that he would reach Sargaon with the money. But he said that he would give the money after getting the permission code. The youth deposited 13 thousand rupees online for the permission code. In this way, by making different excuses, the fraudster cheated the youth of 2 lakh 21 thousand 600 rupees. After which the young man realized that he had been cheated. Chakarbhatta police have registered a case against the unknown accused.
Threatened to send to jail if 1.25 lakh is not paid
The accused were asking for a transfer of 1.25 lakh rupees. The youth refused to give the money. On this, the accused started threatening to implicate him in a false case. They also threatened to file a complaint in the cyber cell and send him to jail and impose a fine of 3 lakhs on him if he did not give the money. They even threatened the youth by sending obscene videos on his mobile.