Shillong, June 10: an FIR was lodged by one lady from Mylliem to the effect that she be firday one William through Face-book. He then enticed her to deposit sums of money into different accounts on different occasions which amounted to Rs. 3(three) lakhs. It was only then she realized that she had been cheated.
Immediately, the I.O of the case, Inspector B.K. Mishra, O/C Laban P.S., took up with the banks to freeze the different accounts where the victim had deposited the money. The I.O. managed to freeze an amount of about Rs.1(one) lakh. Then he started tracking the suspects and tracked them from different states in North East India to Sikkim to New Delhi. After a pain staking effort.
The I.O. managed to arrest one of the account holders with the help of Delhi Police and brought her to Shillong on transit remand. The accused is one Miss Anju Gurung aged 26 years of Sikkim and working in New Delhi and presently is in Police remand. Other accused persons are still evading police arrest.
In this connection the district police would like to remind the general public especially females not to be enticed into depositing money with any strangers whom they friend through Internet. Though police is committed to arrest the accused persons in spite of all odds however, it will be unfortunate for the public to lose away money in spite of repeated warning from Police.(SP News)
