HT Correspodent, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad police arrested two folks on Sunday for delivering fake parcels to residents and charging them cash in return. Based on the police, the 2 work as supply boys and had been arrested in reference to two comparable instances in Raj Nagar earlier this week.
The 2 suspects have been recognized as Rajapur resident Asif Mohammad, 29, and Mahindra Enclave resident Saurabh Kumar, 20. They’ve stated that they work with on-line firms to ship parcels to their houses, stated officers related to the case.
“The 2 had been working as supply boys for on-line firms and had focused particular households with a excessive quantity of incoming parcels. They’ve been defrauding households for the previous two months by delivering fake and empty parcel containers and telling residents that somebody in the household ordered it. They might correctly pack the cardboard field and ship these empty containers to residents earlier than fleeing,” stated Abhishek Srivastava, assistant commissioner of police (Kavi Nagar).
ACP Srivastava stated that the 2 had dedicated two comparable cheating instances with Raj Nagar residents earlier this week.
“We’ve introduced in digital surveillance and are trying for extra situations the place they’ve cheated residents equally. We pulled out CCTV pictures of the 2 and arrested them with the assistance of native info due to one of many complaints,” stated the ACP.
Based on investigators, they may also write to the respective on-line firms in regards to the two suspects as a result of that they had been wrapping the fake parcels with the packaging of on-line supply firms.