Dr B Thomas (Special Correspondent)
The Southeast cyber crime police on Saturday arrested a gang of three who were running a fake movers and packers company under a reputed brand name and cheating people.
The accused Bramhadeva Yadav,25,Mukesh Kumar Yadav,20 and Vijay Kumar Yadav,22 from Bihar put up a fake website with a contact numbers offering lowest price to lure gullible people .
Using the modus operandi the accused have cheated many persons including 39-year-old private firm employee identiied as Jejith shirnali, from Tata Nagar.
Shirnali searched online to transport his bike to Sagar and contacted the accused.
The accused offered to transport his bike for Rs. 1,000.
They came home packed the bike and took away after Shirnali transferred the money online on 7 of this month.
The cheating came to light when shirnali called them after the bike was not delivered even after the deadline.
The accused demanded him to transfer Rs.8,000 more to get his bike.
Suspecting something fishy,Shirnali approached the police and filed a case.Police said that the accused are operating in the city for the last one year and suspected to have cheated many people.