A 21-year-old social media affect, who claimed to be the chairman of a youth group on Instagram, allegedly defrauded the households of Kovid sufferers on the pretext of offering oxygen cylinders at residence. Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested accused Hrithik Pratap Singh and his confederate from Greater Noida.
Police mentioned Singh claimed that he’s the president of a BJP-affiliated group known as the ‘India Youth Icon Team’, although the occasion denied it. A spokesperson for the Uttar Pradesh BJP mentioned, “We have investigated from our varied sources in Noida and Greater Noida. We shouldn’t have any such youth department by the title of IIIT. Singh could also be a celebration employee however he isn’t an lively member or youth chief of the occasion. Their claims are false. “
Delhi BJP’s media head Naveen Kumar additionally mentioned: “He is not a member or chairman of any of our youth teams. His organization is not associated with the BJP. He can claim something but we have never seen or heard him. “
Singh, who has greater than 30,000 followers on his Instagram account, allegedly duped over Rs 7 lakh from folks within the final two months. On his web site, he claimed to be the patron of a Union minister.
DCP (Shahdara) R Sathiyasundaram mentioned he acquired a PCR name from a person alleging that he contacted Singh’s group for an oxygen cylinder after his mom grew to become sick on Instagram.
“They asked for Rs 14,000 and promised two oxygen cylinders. The man and his father paid the money through Paytm, but did not receive the cylinder, ”the DCP mentioned.
After registering the case, the police has traced the cellular and financial institution particulars of the accused.
“Our team found that one of the accused, Sandeep Pandey (28), a property dealer from Greater Noida, was involved in the transaction. We arrested him and recovered Rs 2.4 lakh from his bank account, ”the DCP mentioned.
“We then arrested Singh and recovered Rs 4.2 lakh from his account. He claims to be the nationwide president of IYIT and 18 lakh lively members in eight states. We are verifying these claims. He additionally runs a consultancy for faculty admission in NCR.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
