1 held for duping mobile sellers

A man was arrested for allegedly cheating more than 10 mobile sellers of over Rs 2.5 lakh here, police said Friday.

The accused was identified as Azad Malhotra and his real name was revealed as Sunny Sharma, a resident of West Punjabi Bagh, they added.

A person named Harshit Gaur filed a complaint, stating that the accused, Azad Malhotra, had cheated many persons Delhi and National Capital Region by purchasing mobile phones on an e-tailing website.

Instead of making payment in cash he paid via NEFT. To gain confidence of the seller, he used to generate a message regarding initiation of NEFT payment, which gets delivered on the mobile of complainant. After seeing the message, the complainant gave the mobile phone, along with mobile bill. But, the sale amount never got credited to the complainant's account, a senior police officer said.

During investigation, police made a plan and asked the complainant to make a request on e-tailing. After the complainant made a request regarding sale ..