DW BUREAU / Gurugram

A cybercrime team of the Gurugram Police in Haryana have arrested two employees of a leading telecom company who had allegedly provided virtual numbers to Indonesian and Chinese fraudsters to cheat people through WhatsApp/Telegram in the name of part-time job/investment.

Priyanshu Diwan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Cyber ??Crime Unit, said the police team of Cyber ??East, Gurugram and the joint team of Indian Cyber ??Coordination Centre (I4C), Union Ministry of Home Affairs took action based on technical analysis and nabbed the suspects on Thursday.

The accused have been identified as Neeraj Walia, a resident of District Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh), and Hemant Sharma.

The accused were arrested under sections 318(4), 319, 61(2) BNS at Police Station Cyber ??Crime East,

Gurugram.

According to the police, the complainant filed a complaint that he received a call from a landline number in Gurugram in which he was offered a part-time job. The complainant/victim had to post reviews of different hotels.

On completing the task, Rs 200 was transferred to the victim's bank account. After that, the victim was added to the Telegram group by the accused.

(editor@dailyworld.in)