The crime branch has busted an inter-state gang involved in duping people of large sums through social media by promising luxury “five-star villas” in Jaipur. Two accused were arrested in a Mumbai operation.
The accused had created a fake company named Di Dau O Muntajae, luring victims with false promises of villas in Jaipur. They collected advance payments, issued fake allotment letters, and vanished without delivering the properties or refunding the money.
Among the victims were Akanksha Vajpayee and her husband Vivek Vajpayee from Padmavati Colony, who were cheated of Rs 22.17 lakh. The accused contacted the couple through multiple social media numbers, persuading them to transfer the money in advance.
Following the couple’s complaint, the police registered a case under sections 420, 409, 120B of the IPC and section 66D of the IT Act.
Technical investigation traced the accused to Versova, Mumbai, where Dharmendra alias Dheeraj Wadhwani, the mastermind and main account holder, and Preeti Rao alias Preeti Yadav, posing as a company representative, were arrested.
Police seized six keypad phones, five smartphones, four laptops, two cheque books, company seals, and visiting cards. The accused are now in police remand for further investigation to expose their network and identify more victims.
