Cyberabad police arrests Kolkata man for alleged cheating

The Cyberabad police arrested a man from Kolkata on charges of cheating a city resident of Rs 1.5 lakh in a fraud case in the name of winning the "Kaun Banega Crorepati Lottery".
The arrested person, Nikhil Singh, along with his younger brother Mukesh Singh who is absconding, collected bank account kits (ATM cards and cheque books) from the unemployed and needy, after making them believe that their mobile numbers won prize money in a "lucky draw" under different lottery schemes through phone calls or SMS messages, police said here today.
As part of their modus operandi, they used such accounts to get money deposited by fraudulent means under the guise of "KBC lottery", from various people across India, as "processing charges" for delivery of the "prize money" ranging from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh.

The accused called up one K Vikash, a Gandipet resident stating that he won Rs 25 lakh in the "KBC lottery", using a Pakistan-based SIM card and lured him to deposit Rs 1.5 lakh in various bank accounts.
Later, Vikash came to know that he was cheated, after which he lodged a complaint with the police.
During investigation, a special team from Cyberabad Commissionerate arrested one of the accused, Nikhil Singh, on April 18 from Kolkata and brought him on transit warrant, to produce him before a local court which remanded him to judicial custody.