Three Nigerians Held In Hyderabad-India For Cheating 2 Men

HYDERABAD: Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths have arrested six persons, including three Nigerians, who duped two city-based businessmen to the tune of Rs 3.6 lakh by luring them with an offer to invest $ 1 lakh in hotel business in the city.

Police have arrested Samadan Laxman Mali, 21, Rahul Dilip Kharde, 25, from Dombivli, Thane, Mahesh Damodar Rajput, 36, of Thane East, three Nigerians from Mumbai, Onuoha Nnanna Francis, 34, Valentine O Anumaka, 28, and Eze Victor, 35.


On August 28, one Raju Jembiya, 24, a businessman from Parsigutta, lodged a complaint with the CCS sleuths alleging that he and his friend C Sadashiva were duped by one Terry Joseph of Nigeria along with his associates to the tune of Rs 3.6 lakh.

"Terry Joseph, who by posing as a restaurant owner in Nigeria, befriended Sadashiva six months ago over Facebook and then expressed his willingness to invest Rs 1 lakh US dollars in restaurant business in India. When Sadashiva agreed to join the business venture of Terry, the latter responded saying that he had sent a box to India with 1 lakh US dollars and told Sadashiva to collect it in June, 2015," CCS joint commissioner T Prabhakar Rao said.

Later, one Daniel called Sadashiva introducing himself as the custodian of the cash parcel in Mumbai and asked him to deposit Rs 1.6 lakh as customs clearance charges in various bank accounts given by him. After making the payment, Sadashiva went to Mumbai to receive the box and, on the directions of Terry, he met one agent Mahesh Damodar Rajput, who collected Rs 2 lakh cash from him to hand over the box and then switched off his phone. Subsequently, the victims lodged a complaint with police and a special team of the CCS went to Thane by tracking beneficiary bank account details and cell phone details of the culprits.

With the help of the Thane police, the CCS team arrested the six accused from various places in Mumbai on Tuesday and brought them to the city on a PT warrant on Monday. The arrested were remanded in judicial custody, but the main accused Terry was yet to be nabbed.

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