The accused, identified as Mukesh Saxena and Anees Ahmed, hail from Moradabad and were arrested on Thursday.
Preeti Yadav, DCP (Cyber Crime), Noida, said, “The complainant lodged a complaint on March 18 under the sections 308 (2), 319 (2), 318 (4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and 66 D, IT Act.” She added, “The victim has mentioned that the arrested accused had posed as a police officer and made a digital arrest. They claimed that the victim was involved in human trafficking and then duped him of Rs 2.39 crores.” She further said that as soon as the complaint was received, the bank accounts of the accused were frozen. PTI COR AMJ AMJ AMJ
