Three persons allegedly posing as CBI officials duped the employee of a leading e-commerce firm of Rs 2,32 crore over a period of two months, a Nagpur police official said on Saturday.
The accused contacted Akshay Avinash Palliwar (24), a resident of Laxmi Nagar here, on April 21 and said he was being probed by the CBI for sending some prohibited items abroad and “digitally” arrested him after telling him to keep his Skype camera on, the official said.
“Palliwar was made to transfer cash into various bank accounts as well as gold and jewellery, cumulatively valued at Rs 2.32 crore, while he was under this fake arrest. The accused, identified as Sumer Singh Jagmal Singh (45), Prakash Meghnani and Dalpat Singh, all residents of Rajasthan, also showed fake documents to the victim to convince him that they were CBI officials,” he said.