Uttar Pradesh: Three Nigerians arrested for online fraud

Police sources told UNI that on May 14 the victim, a resident of Sahatwar area in Ballia district, lodged a complaint that a Nigerian youth be-friended her on social media platform and got Rs 32 lakh transferred to different bank accounts on the pretext of giving costly gifts on marriage.

"The police after lodging a case under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) transferred the case to the cyber cell in Azamgarh zone," they said.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ballia Durga Prasad Tiwari said that taking action in the case, the cyber crime police arrested Chibuike Austine, Chimezie Justice and Chimamkpa Kizito from New Delhi.

"During questioning the accused revealed that they came to India on medical and student visas," he said.

He said that the accused revealed that with the help of their accomplices from Mizoram and Nagaland they used to be-friend the people on social media platforms and get several lakh rupees transferred in their Indian and African bank accounts on the pretext of sending expensive gifts.

The ASP said that two laptops, seven mobile routers, four Indian and Nigerian sim cards along with four fake Instagram IDs and passwords, 1,000 Indian contacts and fake documents were recovered from the arrested accused.

(With UNI inputs)